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Manzume 159 — Sürüldi Mahmûd Paşa kapudan

Amasya05 Editorial Board • Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk • 01 October 2026 • Updated: 14 October 2026 • 3 min reading

Two couplets on Mahmud Paşa's retreat to Hasköy, in the chapter where Rûm Mehmed deports households from Larende and Konya and the paşa's tent is pulled down at Karahisar.

Contents 4

1Original Ottoman Turkish Text
2In English
3Literary and Historical Commentary
4Bibliography

Original Ottoman Turkish Text

Sürüldi Mahmûd Paşa kapudan
Irag oldı o sevgülü tapudan

Varup Hâsköyi'ne oldı mücâvir
Halâs oldı taruk turuk tapudan

In English

1. Mahmud Paşa was driven from the Porte; he was parted from that beloved threshold.

2. He went to Hasköy and settled there in retreat; he was freed from scattered, weary service.

Literary and Historical Commentary

Rûm Mehmed's Revenge

Pîr Ahmed of Karaman's broken pledge is answered in the hundred and forty-second chapter: the sovereign marches on Karaman. Konya, Gevele and Larende are taken; households are deported from Larende and Konya to Constantinople. The author sees this deportation as revenge on the part of Rûm Mehmed: he had waited for a chance to harm the people of Islam, and "this time he found his chance". Among those deported from Larende is Emîr Ali Çelebi, one of the sons of Mevlânâ Hünkâr; the author says Rûm Mehmed deported more households than the sovereign had ordered. Something like peace is made with the house of Karaman, and garrisons are placed in Konya and Gevele. Then the army comes down to Karahisar and an unexpected scene takes place: "The sovereign gave the order; the khan had Mahmud Paşa's tent and pavilion pulled down on his head." His armoury is loaded onto the sovereign's camels. The author explains this as Rûm Mehmed's first "devilry": he had a vizier of good counsel like Mahmud Paşa sent away from the Porte, wishing to take revenge for Constantinople. At the beginning of the same campaign the chief judge Keblüoğlu was also dismissed, and Mevlânâ Vildân put in his place. The date is 872 (1467-68).

The Beloved Threshold

Two couplets recall the dismissal in brief and sorrowful words. Mahmud Paşa has been driven from the Porte and parted from "sevgülü tapu", the beloved threshold. The second couplet tells of his new state: he has withdrawn to Hasköy and settled there in retreat; he has been freed from "taruk turuk tapu", scattered and wearying service. The phrase "he was freed" hints that the dismissal could also be seen as a release. In the work Mahmud Paşa is mostly named with praise; these two couplets too carry regret at his fall. In the rhyme kapudan is followed twice by tapudan.