Amasyalıdır. Sunkur Gâzi evlâd-ı kirâmından ve sadr-ı esbak Bâyezîd Paşa’nın ammizâdesi ahfâdından İshâk Bey bin Hasan Bey bin İshâk Paşa bin Pîrî Ebûbekir Bey’in mahdûmu olup ümerâdan iken İrân ve Alaman muharebâtına iştirâk ederek yararlıklar gösterdi. Ba’dehû Karasenir mâlikânesiyle mütekâ’id olup 940 hudûdunda vefât etdi. Kibâr-ı ümerâdan idi. Mahdûmu Mehmed Çelebi’dir.
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Ebûbekir Bey — İshâk Paşazâde
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 87 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU
Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)
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In Modern English
He was a native of Amasya. He was the son of İshâk Bey bin Hasan Bey bin İshâk Pasha bin Pîrî Ebûbekir Bey, of the noble offspring of Sunkur Gâzi and a descendant of the cousin of the former grand vizier Bâyezîd Pasha. While among the beys he took part in the Persian and German wars and showed merit. He then retired with the Karasenir estate (malikâne) and died around 940 [1533-34]. He was one of the great beys. His son is Mehmed Çelebi.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- sadr-ı esbak: former grand vizier (vezîriâzam)
- ammizâde: cousin (son of the paternal uncle)
- ahfâd: grandchildren, descendants
- ümerâ: beys, military governors
- Alaman muharebâtı: the wars fought against Germany, that is, the Habsburgs
- mütekâ'id: retired; mâlikâne ile mütekâ'id olmak: to withdraw from service by receiving the revenue of a piece of land as a retirement pension
- kibâr-ı ümerâ: great beys
The Family of Bâyezîd Pasha
Bâyezîd Pasha, through whose kinship Ebûbekir Bey is mentioned, is one of the first great grand viziers of the Ottomans. His father's name is Yahşi; since he was born in Amasya he appears in the sources as "of Amasya," and Albanian origin is also probable. During Çelebi Mehmed's sanjak governorship in Amasya he was in his close retinue, remained loyal to this prince in the Interregnum, and in 1413 was appointed grand vizier and beylerbeyi of Rumelia. When Çelebi Mehmed died he concealed the death for forty days and so secured Murad II's accession; in 1421, in Rumelia, where he had been sent against Düzmece Mustafa, most of his soldiers went over to the other side, and he was forced to surrender and was killed. The mosque, soup kitchen and madrasa he had built in Amasya have endowment deeds dated 820, 821 and 823 [1418-1420].
According to the lineage Hüsameddin gives, Ebûbekir Bey descends from this great vizier's cousin and ties the family to the Danishmend Melik Sunkur Gâzi. In another entry Hüsameddin writes that Melik Sungur Gâzi Bey settled in Amasya in 518 [1124]. The link that brings the family from so ancient an ancestor rests on Hüsameddin's genealogical records; it could not be confirmed in another source.
The Persian and German Wars
Hüsameddin does not give the names of the wars in which Ebûbekir Bey took part. In Ottoman sources the name "German" or "Alaman Campaign" is used especially for the Güns campaign that Süleyman the Lawgiver made in 1532 against Ferdinand, king of Austria, and Charles V, the German emperor. The Lawgiver's first Persian campaign, the Irakeyn Campaign, was made between 1533 and 1536. Given that Ebûbekir Bey died around 940 [1533-34], the Persian wars in question must be either the beginning of this campaign or the eastern campaigns before it.
Karasenir
Karasenir, which Ebûbekir Bey received as his retirement income, is a settlement to the southwest of Amasya, about eleven kilometers from the city. Hüsameddin writes that the name comes from Emîr Seyfeddîn Kara Sungur, who had a farm here, and that the name "Kara Sungur Çiftliği" became "Karasenir" in time; in another place he also records that Karasenir is the foundation of İltekin Gâzi. The village's famous vineyards, gardens and dairy products were also mentioned in Hüsameddin's time. Karasenir is still a village attached to the center of Amasya; the local people tell that Ser-Çoban Dede, who lies on the hill between Kayabaşı and Karasenir, settled in this village.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 87. amasya.bel.tr
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, vol. 1 (Mukaddime: the Karasenir and Kayabaşı neighborhoods); vol. 6, "Ebû İshâk İbrâhim Tebrîzî-Mevlânâ Baha'eddîn Ser-çoban"; vol. 9, "Hüseyin Gâzi Bey-Emîr Sehmü'd-devle" entries.
Academic studies
- Aydın Taneri, "Bayezid Paşa", TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 5, 1992 (islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/bayezid-pasa).
- M. Akif Erdoğru, "Kanuni Sultan Süleyman'ın 1532 Tarihli Alman Seferi Ruznâmesi", Tarih İncelemeleri Dergisi, XXIX/1, 2014, p. 167-187.
- Hüseyin Gazi Yurdaydın, "Beyân-ı Menâzil-i Sefer-i Irâkeyn", TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/beyan-i-menazil-i-sefer-i-irakeyn).
Other sources
- "Amasya Efsaneleri" (Amasya Legends), Gezi Kulübü (geziklubu.com).