Amasyalıdır. Ümerâdan Oğuz Bey bin Ahmed Şâh bin Hâce Alî Şâh bin Nûreddîn Kutlu Bey’in mahdûmudur. Bu da [470] Sultân Murâd-ı Sânî ümerâsından olup 848’de Varna melhame-i kübrâsında şehîden vefât etdi. Kibâr-ı ümerâdan idi. Oğulları İbrâhim, Îsâ Beylerdir.
Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · İKİNCİ FASIL
Bâyezîd Bey (Kutluzade)
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 404 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ
Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)
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Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk
In Modern English
He is a native of Amasya. He is the son of the emir Oğuz Bey; Oğuz Bey was the son of Ahmed Şâh, son of Hâce Alî Şâh, son of Nûreddîn Kutlu Bey. Kutlu Bey was also one of the emirs of Sultan Murâd II and died as a martyr in the great battle of Varna in 848 [1444-45]. He was one of the great emirs. His sons are İbrâhim Bey and Îsâ Bey.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- mahdûm: son
- ümerâ: emirs, beys
- melhame-i kübrâ: great battle, great slaughter
- şehîden vefât etmek: to die as a martyr in battle
- kibâr-ı ümerâ: great emirs, leading beys
The Battle of Varna
The battle the text refers to was fought on 10 November 1444 near Varna, in what is now eastern Bulgaria. The Ottoman army under Sultan Murad II defeated the crusader army of King Władysław III of Hungary and Poland and John Hunyadi; the king's fate is uncertain, and his body was never found. The Ottoman army included Anatolian and Rumelian forces together. The year 848 given by Hüsameddin agrees with the date of this battle in the Hijri calendar.
Kutlu Bey and His Line
The three generations Hüsameddin lists for Oğuz Bey, namely Ahmed Şâh, Hâce Alî Şâh and Nûreddîn Kutlu Bey, could not be verified in a separate source. That Oğuz Bey died at Varna and that his sons were İbrâhim and Îsâ is likewise known only from this record. No commander of this name was found in the accounts of the Battle of Varna that were read. No information on Oğuz Bey was found in other sources.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 404–404. amasya.bel.tr
- "Battle of Varna", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Varna (a page based on Feridun Emecen's entry "Varna Muharebesi" in the TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi and on John Jefferson, The Holy Wars of King Wladislas and Sultan Murad, Brill, 2012)