Amasyalıdır. Halfet Gâzi ahfâd-ı kirâmından Amasya emîr-i kebîri el-Hâc Alâeddîn Ali Bey bin Süleyman Bey bin Ali Bey ibn-i Celâleddîn Mehmed Pervâne Bey bin Tekür Sinan Bey bin Emîr Mübârizeddîn Mehmed Halife Alp Halfet Gâzi mahdûmu ve kaz’asker Hasan Çelebi birâderidir.
Amasya’da kibâr-ı ümerâdan olup 788’de Sultân Murâd-ı Hünkâr’a arz-ı bey’at ve Yıldırım Sultân Bâyezîd Hân’a inkıyâd ederek 804’de Timur harbinde mün’adim oldu. Mahdûmları Mehmed, İshâk Çelebilerdir. Hafîdi Hatîb Kâsım Efendi bin Ya’kûb Çelebi bin Mehmed Çelebi bin el-Hâc Ebûbekir Bey ve mahdûmu Muhyiddîn Mehmed Efendi kibâr-ı fuzalâdandır. Diğer mahdûmu Şemseddîn Ahmed Efendi de ulemâdandır. [256]
In Modern English
He was a native of Amasya. He was the son of the great emir of Amasya, Hacı Alâeddîn Ali Bey bin Süleyman Bey bin Ali Bey bin Celâleddîn Mehmed Pervâne Bey bin Tekür Sinan Bey bin Emîr Mübârizeddîn Mehmed Halife Alp Halfet Gâzi, one of the esteemed descendants of Halfet Gâzi, and the brother of the kazasker Hasan Çelebi.
He was one of the great emirs of Amasya. In 788 [1386] he swore allegiance to Sultan Murâd Hüdavendigâr and remained loyal to Sultan Bâyezîd Han the Thunderbolt as well; he died in 804 [1402] in the Timur war. His sons were Mehmed and İshâk Çelebi. Among his descendants, Hatîb Kâsım Efendi bin Ya'kûb Çelebi bin Mehmed Çelebi bin Hacı Ebûbekir Bey and his son Muhyiddîn Mehmed Efendi are among the great scholars. His other son, Şemseddîn Ahmed Efendi, is also among the scholars.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- ahfâd-ı kirâm: esteemed descendants
- emîr-i kebîr: great emir, chief of the beys
- kaz'asker: kazasker; the highest judicial officer of the army and the scholarly establishment
- kibâr-ı ümerâ: great emirs
- arz-ı bey'at: declaring allegiance
- inkıyâd: submission, obedience
- mün'adim olmak: to perish; here, to die in battle
- hafîd: grandson; here, descendant in general
- kibâr-ı fuzalâ: great, virtuous scholars
The Line of Halfet Gâzi
Ebûbekir Bey's genealogical chain is traced back to Halifet (Halfet) Gâzi, one of the best-known governors of Amasya in the Seljuk period. Halifet Gâzi entered Seljuk service after the Danishmend principality ceased to exist, became governor of Amasya in 1222, and during his service in the city from 1222 to 1228 had the madrasa bearing his name built; it is recorded that the madrasa's first müderris was Kadı Burhâneddin. Halifet Gâzi, who later also served as governor of Erzurum, died during a campaign in 1232; his body was brought to Amasya and buried in his tomb, which still stands today. On the marble sarcophagus on the lower floor of the tomb, which has a square base, an octagonal body and a pyramidal roof, there are reliefs of ram heads, winged erotes and medusas.
The Submission of Amasya to the Ottomans
Hüsameddin's saying that allegiance was sworn to Murad Hüdavendigâr in 788 [1386] fits the process of Amasya's passing to the Ottomans. After Kadı Burhâneddin killed Şâdgeldi Pasha in 1381 he could not take the city, and the emirs of Amasya set Şâdgeldi's son Fahreddin Ahmed at the head. When Fahreddin Ahmed too could not hold out against Kadı Burhâneddin, he declared his allegiance to Murad I, and in 1386 Prince Bayezid was appointed sanjak governor of Amasya. According to Hüsameddin, Ebûbekir Bey was among the lords of Amasya who submitted to the Ottomans at this time.
The expression "in the Timur war in 804" points to the Battle of Ankara in 1402. After this battle, while giving the Anatolian beys back their lands, Timur left Amasya to Tâceddin Devletşah, and when the people were not content with him they called Çelebi Mehmed to the city.
The Scholars Descended from Him
The last sentences of the entry show that one branch of this emir family passed to the scholarly path. Hatîbzâde Muhyiddin Mehmed Efendi, son of Hatîb Kâsım Efendi, was born in Amasya on 27 Şaban 864 (17 June 1460), served as müderris in the madrasas of Amasya, Bursa, Istanbul and Edirne, tutored Prince Ahmed, son of Bayezid II, was appointed by Yavuz Sultan Selim to the new madrasa built beside Hagia Sophia, and finally died as müderris of the Sahn-ı Semân on 2 Zilkade 940 (15 May 1534). The funeral prayer was led by Kemalpaşazâde, and he was buried in Eyüp. Besides exegesis, hadith, jurisprudence and Qur'anic recitation, he was regarded as a master of subjects such as jafr, vefk and music.
Muhyiddin Mehmed's full name is given in another source as "Muhyiddin Mehmed b. Hatîb Kâsım b. Ya'kûb b. Ahmed b. Mehmed b. Ebûbekr b. el-Hâc Emîr Ali." In this chain there is an Ahmed link between Ya'kûb and Mehmed that Hüsameddin does not give; the information that Ebûbekir's father was Hacı Emir Ali is the same in both sources.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 86–86. amasya.bel.tr
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