Amasyalıdır. Sivas Emîri iken 781’de Kadı Burhân elinde maktûl olan Kılıçarslan-ı Selçukîzâde Mes’ûd Şah’ın mahdûmudur. Ceddînin katlinde pederi kaçıp Amasya emîr-i kebîri Hacı Şadgeldi Padişâha ilticâ etdi. Kutlu Beyzâde Süleyman Bey’e dâmâd oldu.
Aslan Bey Amasya’da doğdu. Çelebi Sultân Mehmed Hân zamanında Gelkirâs nahiyesinde ağır za’âmetle taltîf edildi. Bir müddet Amasya’da oturdu. 846’da Şehzâde Alâeddîn Bey vak’asında Amasya’dan kaldırıldı. Ba’dehû vefât etdi. Mahdûmları Süleyman, Abdullatîf Beylerdir. Süleyman Bey “Sülümân Bey” demekle meşhûr olup Sivas’da ve Latîfşâh da Tokat’da ikâme edildi. Bunların evlâdı vardır. Latîfşâh’ın sonradan Gümüşhâne taraflarına gönderildiği mervîdir.
In Modern English
He was from Amasya. He is the son of Mes'ûd Şah, son of Kılıçarslan of Seljuk descent, who was killed at the hands of Kadı Burhân in 781 [1379-80] while emir of Sivas. When his grandfather was killed, his father fled and took refuge with the great emir of Amasya, Hacı Şadgeldi Padişah. He became son-in-law to Kutlu Beyzâde Süleyman Bey.
Aslan Bey was born in Amasya. In the time of Çelebi Sultan Mehmed Khan he was rewarded with a large zeamet in the district of Gelkirâs. He lived in Amasya for a time. In 846 [1442-43], in the affair of Prince Alâeddîn Bey, he was removed from Amasya. Then he died. His sons are Süleyman and Abdullatîf Beys. Süleyman Bey became famous as "Sülümân Bey" and was settled in Sivas, and Latîfşâh in Tokat. They have descendants. It is related that Latîfşâh was later sent to the Gümüşhane region.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- maktûl: killed
- ced: grandfather
- ilticâ: taking refuge
- dâmâd: son-in-law
- za'âmet: a large timar, zeamet
- taltîf: rewarding, winning over
- kaldırılmak: to be removed from a place, to be banished
- ikâme: settling
- mervî: related, reported
The Death of Kılıçarslan
The Kılıçarslan in the entry is a member of the Anatolian Seljuk dynasty living in Amasya; he died at the hands of Kadı Burhâneddin as emir of Sivas. Some sources place this event on 14 Zilkade 782 [9 February 1381]; Hüsameddin says 781. The one-year difference suggests that there may be a slight slip in the year Hüsameddin gives. That Kılıçarslan was a grandson of Altunbaş is also mentioned in the sources. It is written that Kadı Burhâneddin killed Kılıçarslan on learning that he was preparing an assassination of him. According to Hüsameddin, his son Mes'ûd Şah took refuge in Amasya with Hacı Şadgeldi after his father was killed; Şadgeldi, for his part, died some time later, in the autumn of 1381, at the hands of Kadı Burhâneddin.
The chain of descent leads to the same dynasty and most probably the same person as the Kılıçarslan Şah mentioned in the previous entry (Âzer Çelebi). There Mes'ûd Bey is shown as a son of Kılıçarslan Şah; the Mes'ûd Şah in this entry may be the same person. This is an inference; the text does not say so explicitly.
The Affair of Prince Alâeddîn
The "affair of Prince Alâeddîn Bey" from which Arslan Bey was removed in 846 [1442-43] concerns Prince Alâaddin Ali Çelebi, son of Murad II. The prince became sanjak bey of Amasya in 1440 at the age of fifteen, took part with his father in the 1443 campaign against the Karamanids, and on the return fell from his horse near Bursa and died. Why Arslan Bey was removed from Amasya because of this event is not stated in the source; it may be thought that the prince's death changed the balance of administration in Amasya, but this is a guess.
For Arslan Bey's sons Süleyman and Abdullatîf (Latîfşâh) no record was found other than Hüsameddin. The present-day location of the district of Gelkirâs also could not be verified.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 16–16. amasya.bel.tr
Academic studies
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