AMASYA 05

Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB

Chapter One

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 11 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasya Târîhi’nin ikinci bâbından birinci faslı, adlarının ilk harfi hemze olanların terâcim-i ahvâlini târîhen mühîm olan cihetleriyle beraber mülahhasan kayd ve tahrîr eder. Bu fasla (Hemze Faslı) denir. Hemzeden sonra gelen hurûf-ı hecâ tertîbi üzere terâcim ü esâmi yazılır. “ve billâhi’l-‘avnü ve’t-tevfîk”

Our Research Article Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk

In Modern English

The first chapter of the second part of the Amasya Tarihi records and writes in summary, together with their historically important aspects, the biographies of those whose names begin with the letter hemze (alif). This chapter is called the "Hemze Chapter". The biographies and names are written in the order of the letters that follow the hemze. The Arabic phrase meaning "Help and success are only through God" is added.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • mülahhasan: in summary, briefly
  • hemze: the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, written with the letter alif; here, names beginning with "a"
  • terâcim ü esâmi: biographies and names

What Is in This Chapter

The Hemze Chapter is the first section of the second part and is found in the sixth volume of the book. In this section are listed people whose names begin with Âbâd Bey, Abdâl Sultan, Atabeg, Ece Sultan, Âdem Bey, Âzerî, Arslan Bey and the like. Most of these are beys, scholars, poets, sheikhs and Janissary aghas who lived around Amasya.

The last sentence in the chapter heading is the Arabic phrase "ve billâhi'l-avnü ve't-tevfîk". It is a formula written in old books when beginning a section, to ask God for help and success. The following chapters continue by the same method.

Bibliography

Volume 6 contents