Amasya ümerâsından Pehlivân Şâh Gâzi Bey bin Bayat Bey bin Emîr Hayreddîn Halil Bey bin emîr-i kebîr Şücâeddîn Pehlivân Bey bin Kaya Bey’in mahdûmudur. Çelebi Sultân Mehmed Hân devrinde bütün muhârebelere iştirâk ederek ümerâdan oldu.
8l8’de Sultân Murâd-ı Sânî Amasya vâlisi oldukda ma’iyyet-i Amasya ümerâdan olarak 82l’de Amasya muhâfızı, 824’de müşârün-ileyhin cülûsunda Rûmeli ümerâsından oldu. 829 vak’asında Tokat emâretine nasbedilerek Anadolu’ya nakledildi.
833’de ma’zûlen Amasya‘da görülüp 837’de emlâkını evlâdına vakfederek ba’dehû vefât etdi. [294] Meşâhir-i ümerâdan idi. 829’da Milliyet-perverâne hareketi Sultân Murâd-ı Sânîyi gücendirmişti. Mahdûmu Halil Çelebi’dir. Evlâdına “Pehlivânoğlulları” denmektedir.
In Modern English
He was Pehlivan Şah Gazi Bey, one of the emirs of Amasya. He was the son of Bayat Bey; Bayat Bey was the son of Emîr Hayreddîn Halil Bey; Halil Bey, of the great emir Şücâeddîn Pehlivan Bey; and Pehlivan Bey, of Kaya Bey. In the time of Çelebi Sultan Mehmed he took part in all the wars and became one of the emirs.
In 818 [1415-16], when Sultan Murad II became governor of Amasya, he was in his retinue as one of the emirs of Amasya; in 821 [1418-19] he was guardian of Amasya, and in 824 [1421], at Murad's accession, he became one of the emirs of Rumelia. In the event of 829 [1425-26] he was appointed to the emirate of Tokat and transferred to Anatolia.
In 833 [1429-30] he was seen in Amasya, dismissed from office; in 837 [1433-34] he endowed his property to his children and died. He was one of the famous emirs. His patriotic movement in 829 had offended Sultan Murad II. His son is Halil Çelebi. His children are called "Pehlivanoğulları".
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- ümerâ: emirs
- ma'iyyet: being in someone's company or under his orders
- muhâfız: the official responsible for guarding a fortress or city
- cülûs: accession to the throne
- emâret: emirate, governorship
- ma'zûlen: dismissed from office
- emlâk: properties
- vak'a: event
- milliyet-perverâne: with national feeling, caring for one's nation
Prince Murad's Years in Amasya
Hüsameddin ties Pehlivan Şah Bey's career to Sultan Murad II's years in Amasya. Murad was born in Amasya in June 1404 and, when he turned twelve, was sent to Amasya with the governorship of the province of Rum, which covered the regions of Amasya, Tokat, Sivas, Çorum and Osmancık. This agrees with Hüsameddin's date 818 [1415-16]. A year later, in 1416, he was ordered to march with the Amasya forces toward Saruhan and İzmir to put down the revolt of Börklüce Mustafa; the revolt was put down by Bayezid Pasha with the Amasya and Sivas forces. When Murad left Amasya, the nomadic Kara Tatars in the region caused disorder, and the prince returned to Amasya with Bayezid Pasha. Between 1417 and 1421 Prince Murad and his new atabeg, the beylerbeyi of Rum Hamza Bey, took Samsun from the İsfendiyarids. Murad came to the throne on 25 June 1421 [824], which agrees with Hüsameddin's note "at his accession in 824".
It is also known that Amasya in this period was an Ottoman center under Çelebi Mehmed's administration: in 1399 Mehmed was sent as governor to the province of Rum, which covered Amasya, Tokat, Sivas and Ankara and had earlier belonged to the Eretnid lands. Hüsameddin's saying "he took part in all the wars in the time of Çelebi Sultan Mehmed" can be read within this context.
Points That Could Not Be Verified
No information was found in other sources on Pehlivan Şah Gazi Bey, his father Bayat Bey, his forefathers Halil Bey and Şücâeddîn Pehlivan Bey, or Kaya Bey. The emirate of Tokat, the "patriotic movement" of 829 and the event that offended Murad are not mentioned in the sources read; what this event was and what Pehlivan Bey did could not be determined. Nothing was found either on the present-day trace of the family called Pehlivanoğulları. In the searches "Pehlivanoğlu" was met only as a present-day surname; no relation with the emirs in the entry could be established.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 353–353. amasya.bel.tr
Academic studies