Amasya ümerâsından ve Melik Gâzi İsmâîl Dânîşmendî evlâd-ı kirâmından Gâzi Süleyman Bey bin Melik Gâzi Yûnus Bey’in mahdûmudur. Hacı Gâzi Bey demekle meşhûrdur. İçerişehir’de Loğ Minare denilen Câmi-i şerîf vakfının mütevellîsidir.
Amasya hükümdârı Hacı Şâdgeldi Paşa’nın ümerâsından olup müşârün-ileyhin irtihâlinde mahdûmu emîr-i kebîr Ahmed Paşa’nın vezîri ve müşâviri oldu. Emîr Ahmed Paşa’yı Sultân Murâd-ı hünkâra beyât ve inkiyâda teşvîk ederek vahdet-i milliyyeyi te’mîne çalışdı.
Ba’dehû Yıldırım Sultân Bâyezîd Hân ümerâsından olup [446] Rûmeli muhârebâtında bulundu. 804’de Timurlenk Harbi’nde mün’adim oldu. Meşâhîr-i ümerâdan idi. Mahdûmları İsmâîl, Hızır, Süleyman Beylerdir.
In Modern English
He was one of the emirs of Amasya; he was the son of Gâzi Süleyman Bey, son of Melik Gâzi Yunus Bey, a noble descendant of the Danishmendid Melik Gâzi İsmail. He is famous by the name Hacı Gâzi Bey. He was the steward of the waqf of the mosque called Loğ Minare in İçerişehir.
He was one of the emirs of Hacı Şâdgeldi Pasha, ruler of Amasya, and when Şâdgeldi died he became vizier and adviser to his son, the great emir Ahmed Pasha. By urging Emir Ahmed Pasha to pledge allegiance to Sultan Murad Hünkâr and to submit to him, he worked to secure national unity.
Afterwards he was one of the emirs of Sultan Bayezid Han, the Thunderbolt, and took part in the wars in Rumeli. He died in the war against Timur in 804 [1401-02]. He was among the famous emirs. His sons were İsmâil, Hızır and Süleyman Beys.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- evlâd-ı kirâm: noble children, noble descendants
- mütevellî: the official who manages the affairs of a waqf
- müşârün-ileyh: the person mentioned
- irtihâl: departure, death
- emîr-i kebîr: great emir
- müşâvir: adviser
- beyât ve inkiyâd: oath of allegiance and submission
- vahdet-i milliyye: national unity
- mün'adim: perished, dead
- meşâhîr: the famous
The Loğ Minare Mosque
The "noble mosque called Loğ Minare" in the text is the Enderun Mosque in the Hatuniye quarter of Amasya, which stands in the inner citadel. The year the building was founded is not known with certainty. It is reported that Hüsameddin wrote that some documents call it Câmi-i Enderun or Câmi-i Gazi Bey from 612 [1215-16] onwards. It was most probably built in the time of the Danishmendid Şemseddin İsmail Gazi Bey, that is, between 1166 and 1172. In 1474-75 Gülbahar Hatun, mother of Bayezid II, and in 1505-06 Gülçiçek Hatun, a lady of the palace, made endowments for the mosque, which shows that the building was supported by waqfs in the Ottoman period.
The building had long been in ruins. It collapsed in the earthquake of 1939, and its remains show that it was built on top of a church. In the south-eastern corner a minaret of red brick, about fifteen metres high, still stands. Because its proportions recall a large rolling stone, the people named the mosque "Loğ Minare". The name Enderun is thought to come from the building's location in the inner citadel. That Hacı Gazi Bey of the text was steward of this waqf could not be verified by any document other than Hüsameddin.
Şâdgeldi and His Son Ahmed Pasha
Hacı Şâdgeldi was emir of Amasya from 1359 until his death in 1381; his son Ahmed succeeded him. The emirate of this family at Amasya came to an end in 805 [1403]. The text says that Bayram Bey advised Ahmed Pasha to submit to the Ottoman sultan, but it does not say which Murad is meant. Since Şâdgeldi died in 1381 and Murad I died in 1389, Murad I comes to mind; this is an inference and could not be verified by any document. According to the encyclopedia entry on Amasya, after Şâdgeldi's death his son Ahmed defended the city against Kadı Burhaneddin with the support of Bayezid the Thunderbolt; Bayezid finally annexed Amasya to Ottoman territory in 1398 and left its administration to his son Çelebi Mehmed. This account seems consistent with Bayram Bey's advice if the sultan mentioned in the text was Bayezid the Thunderbolt; this too is an inference. No other record of Bayram Bey's role in these events was found.
The War Against Timur
The war that Hüsameddin calls "Timurlenk Harbi" must, given the date 804, be the Battle of Ankara fought in 1402 between Timur and Bayezid the Thunderbolt; this too is an inference. No information was found in the sources that were read about Bayram Bey's sons İsmâil, Hızır and Süleyman Beys.
Bibliography
Primary sources
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