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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

Ayık Bay — Emîr Sârimeddîn

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 27 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasyalıdır. Ümerâdan Kaya Bey’in oğlu ve Gâzi Şâh Bey demekle meşhûr Pehlüvân Şâh Bey’in birâderidir. Meşâhîr-i ümerâdan olup Hacı Şâdgeldi Paşa zamanında Geldiklân emîri olmuşdu. Çelebi Ahmed Paşa-yı Devâtdâr emâretinde vefât etdi.

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In Modern English

He was a native of Amasya. He was the son of the emir Kaya Bey and the brother of Pehlüvan Şah Bey, famous as Gazi Şah Bey. He was one of the famous emirs and had become emir of Geldiklan in the time of Hacı Şadgeldi Pasha. He died during the emirate of Çelebi Ahmed Pasha-yı Devâtdâr.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • meşâhîr-i ümerâ: famous emirs
  • emîr (Geldiklân emîri): the military and administrative ruler of a subdistrict
  • devâtdâr: the inkwell bearer; the palace official who handled seal and writing affairs
  • emâret: emirate, the period of rule

The Time of Hacı Şadgeldi and Geldiklan

Hacı Şadgeldi, to whom Ayık Bay was attached, ruled the city as Emir of Amasya from 1359 to 1381 and ran Amasya like an independent principality as the Eretnid state was breaking up. The emirate of Geldiklan is a subordinate post within this administration. Geldiklan is the name of a subdistrict west of Amasya and in Ottoman records includes villages such as Şeyhli, Çakır and İnözü.

The identity of "Çelebi Ahmed Pasha-yı Devâtdâr" in the entry could not be determined in this research. It is known that after Şadgeldi's death (1381) his son Ahmed defended the city against Kadı Burhâneddin; whether the Ahmed Pasha in the text is the same person cannot be supported by the sources.

No information on Ayık Bay and Kaya Bey was found in other sources.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 27–27. amasya.bel.tr

Academic studies

Other sources

Volume 6 contents