AMASYA 05

Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

Âzer Çelebi — Kılıçarslanoğlu

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 15 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasya’da mukîm evlâd-ı Selçukîyeden Mes’ûd Bey bin Kılıçarslan Şah bin Mes’ûd Şah bin Sultân Tâceddîn Altunbaş bin Sultân Gıyaseddîn Mes’ûd Selçûkî mahdûmudur. Sultân Murâd-ı Sânî devrinde ceddînin vakfına mütevellî ve hâsılat-ı vakfiyesiyle müreffehül-hâl olup Havza’da ikâmet ve orada Fâtih devrinde rihlet etdi. [14]

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In Modern English

He is the son of Mes'ûd Bey, of Seljuk descent, who lived in Amasya. Mes'ûd Bey is the son of Kılıçarslan Şah; Kılıçarslan Şah of Mes'ûd Şah; Mes'ûd Şah of Sultan Tâceddîn Altunbaş; and Altunbaş is the son of Sultan Gıyaseddîn Mes'ûd the Seljuk. In the time of Murad II he became administrator of his ancestor's waqf and lived a comfortable life on the waqf's revenues. He lived in Havza and died there in the time of the Conqueror (Fatih).

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • evlâd-ı Selçukîye: those descended from the Seljuks
  • mukîm: resident
  • mütevellî: the person who administers a waqf
  • hâsılât-ı vakfiye: the revenues of the waqf
  • müreffehül-hâl: living in comfort and prosperity
  • rihlet: departure, death

Seljuk Descent and the Waqf

Altunbaş in Âzer Çelebi's chain of descent is a son of Gıyaseddin Mesud II, the last ruler of the Anatolian Seljuks, and a prince who took over the government in Amasya. The sources write that Kılıçarslan, a grandson of Altunbaş, was killed by Kadı Burhâneddin in early 1381 while emir of Sivas. Hüsameddin mentions this event in later entries with the date 781 [1379-80].

The "ancestor's waqf" from which Âzer Çelebi descended in the text may be understood as the waqf of the Seljuk dynasty in Amasya. Whose waqf it was and what it included is not stated in the text and could not be determined in another source either.

Apart from the information that Âzer Çelebi lived in Havza, no record was found about him. This person, whose name resembles that of Âzerî in the previous entry, is someone else.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 15–15. amasya.bel.tr

Academic studies

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