Konya’da tefeyyüz ederek Sultân İzzeddîn Keykâvûs ümerâsından oldu. Ba’dehû Sultân Alâeddîn Keykûbâd’a pervâne vü emîr [22]-i meclis oldu. 637’de Baba İshâk’ın isyânında Amasya vâlîsi olup süratle geldi. Amasya’yı muhâsara edib Baba İshâk’ın cemiyyet-i bâgıyyesini perîşân ve kendisini tutup salben i’dâm etdi.
Lâkin Baba İshâk’ın avenesi fırsat gözetip 638’de emîr-i müşârün-ileyhin hânesine hücûm ederek şehîd etdiler. Meşâhîr-i ümerâdan âlî-himmet, bir merd-i şeci’ ve dindâr idi. Küpceğiz Mahallesi’nde bir hâne derûnunda ziyâretgâh olan kabir, Hacı Armağan Şah’ın mezârı zann olunur.
In Modern English
Raised in Konya, he became one of the emirs of Sultan İzzeddin Keykâvus. Later he became pervane and emir of the council to Sultan Alâeddin Keykubad. In 637 [1239-40], during the rebellion of Baba İshak, he came swiftly as governor of Amasya. He besieged Amasya and dispersed Baba İshak's rebel band, and he also captured him and had him put to death by hanging.
But Baba İshak's men watched for an opportunity and in 638 [1240-41] attacked the house of the said emir and killed him as a martyr. He was one of the well-known emirs, a man of lofty zeal, brave and devout. The tomb inside a house in the Küpceğiz Quarter, which is a place of visitation, is thought to be the grave of Hacı Armağan Şah.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- pervâne: a senior official of the Seljuk court responsible for the seal and correspondence
- emîr-i meclis: the emir who oversaw the order of the sultan's council
- cemiyyet-i bâgıyye: rebel band
- salben i'dâm: putting to death by hanging
- avene: helpers, partisans
- emîr-i müşârün-ileyh: the emir mentioned above
- ziyâretgâh: a holy place that is visited
The Babai Rebellion and Armağan Şah
The Babai rebellion, led by Baba İlyas and his disciple Baba İshak, broke out in 1240 against the Seljuk Sultan II. Gıyaseddin Keyhüsrev and is counted among the greatest Turkmen uprisings in Anatolian Seljuk history. According to the sources, Baba İlyas withdrew to Harşena Castle in Amasya, was besieged by Seljuk forces under the command of Mübârizeddin Armağan Şah, and was captured and executed. In some accounts his body is said to have been hung from the castle's bastions. Learning of this, Baba İshak came to Amasya and his followers killed Armağan Şah. Hüsameddin's account agrees with this sequence; however, it is notable that he names Baba İshak, not Baba İlyas, as the person executed. In the other sources the one besieged and executed is Baba İlyas, while Baba İshak was defeated at the end of the same year on the plain of Malya.
The Question of the Grave
Hüsameddin reports that the tomb inside the house in the Küpceğiz Quarter belongs to Armağan Şah not as certain but as a supposition ("zann olunur"). No other source was found on the present state or identity of this grave.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 17–17. amasya.bel.tr
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