Amasyalıdır. Abdürrahim bin Mehmed bin Yûsuf mahdûmudur. Türk ve Arap ulemâsından tahsîl-i ilim ve edeb edib Amasya‘da bir müddet tedrîs-i ulûm ederek iştihâr etdi. Sultân Mes’ûd-i Selçûkî şehzâdesi Sultân Altunbaş Gâzi Çelebi muallimi oldu. [302]
718’de Sultân Altunbaş’ın firâr ve ihtifâsı üzerine Arabistan’a gitdi. Şâm ve Haleb’de bir müddet oturup sonunda Mısır’a giderek orada ikâmet etdi. Orada müderris olup 726’da vefât eyledi. Ulum-i Arabiyye ve nakliyyede kâmil, fünûn-ı edebiyyede fâzıl, edîb, şâir, mecîd idi.
In Modern English
He was a native of Amasya. He was the son of Abdürrahim bin Mehmed bin Yûsuf. Having studied learning and letters under Turkish and Arab scholars, he taught for a time in Amasya and became well known. He became the teacher of Sultan Altunbaş Gâzi Çelebi, son of the Seljuk Sultan Mesud.
In 718 [1318-19], when Sultan Altunbaş fled and went into hiding, he went to Arabia. He stayed for a time in Damascus and Aleppo, and finally went to Egypt and settled there. He became a müderris there and died in 726 [1325-26]. He was accomplished in the Arabic sciences and the transmitted sciences, distinguished in the literary arts, a man of letters, a poet and a master.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- mahdûm: son
- tahsîl-i ilim ve edeb: study of learning and letters
- tedrîs-i ulûm: teaching the sciences
- firâr ve ihtifâ: fleeing and going into hiding
- ulûm-ı Arabiyye ve nakliyye: the Arabic-language sciences and the transmitted sciences
- fünûn-ı edebiyye: the literary arts
- mecîd: master, skilled
Sultan Altunbaş
The Altunbaş of the text is Tâceddin Altunbaş, son of Gıyâseddin Mesud II, the last Anatolian Seljuk sultan. One study, relying on information given by Hüsameddin, writes that Altunbaş was also known by the names "Gâzi Çelebi" and "Şah Melik Çelebi"; the name "Altunbaş Gâzi Çelebi" in the text agrees with this. The same study reports, on the authority of Müneccimbaşı, that in 1317 Demirtaş, sent to Anatolia by the Ilkhanid ruler Abu Said Khan, had those of Seljuk descent sought out and killed, and that some fled to the mountains and took refuge with the Karamanids; Hüsameddin too writes that Altunbaş was one of those who fled. The date 718 [1318-19] that Hüsameddin gives in this entry falls close to that event. The same study also reports the view of another researcher that Amasya for a time was in Altunbaş's hands and was taken in 742 [1341-42] by Hâbiloğlu. According to Hüsameddin, Altunbaş had four sons, each living on estates around Amasya, and Ayşe Hatun, the mother of Yavuz Sultan Selim, is counted among his descendants; in the source read this last claim rests on Hüsameddin, and it could not be confirmed by another document.
Emîneddîn Mehmed Çelebi
No information was found in the sources read on Emîneddîn Mehmed Çelebi, on his professorship in Egypt or on his death in 726. Where Altunbaş was while he taught, and whether his departure for Arabia had anything to do with Amasya, could not be verified outside the text.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 356. amasya.bel.tr
Academic studies