Lâdiklidir. Orada medfûn olup tercemesi geçen sâhibü’l-hâl es-Seyyid Ahmed-i Kebîr er-Rifâî mahdûmudur. Hacı Şadgeldi Paşa devrinde Lâdik emîri olup Emîr Alâeddîn Ali Eşca’ Bey dendi. “Eşca’ Çelebi” ve “Eşca’ Bey” diye meşhûr oldu. 780 sâline doğru vefât etdi. Yerini Selâmiş Bay tutdu.
Oğulları es-Seyyid Abdullah, Mehmed, Ahmed Çelebilerdir. Bunlara “Eşca’ Oğulları” dendi. Es-Seyyid Mehmed Çelebi oğulları es-Seyyid Abdul, İbrâhim, Ahmed Çelebilerdir. Es-Seyyid İbrâhim [236] Çelebi oğulları es-Seyyid Mehmed, Ali Siyah Pûş, Ahmed Çelebiler olup es-Seyyid Mehmed Çelebi bin es-Seyyid İbrâhim Çelebi oğulları da es-Seyyid Mahmûd, İbrâhim, Hüseyin Çelebilerdir. Bunların bir kısmı Taşâbâd ve bir kısmı da Hakâla’da ikâmet etmişlerdi.
Es-Seyyid İbrâhim bin Mehmed bin İbrâhim Çelebi oğulları Seyyid Şâh, Ahmed Beylerdir. Es-Seyyid Ahmed Beyzâde es-Seyyid Hüseyin Çelebi Amasya sâdâtındandır. Es-Seyyid Ali Siyah Pûş Çelebi bin es-Seyyid İbrâhim Çelebi oğulları es-Seyyid Nureddîn Hamza, Tâceddîn İbrâhim, Abdürrahim Çelebilerdir. Es-Seyyid Tâceddîn Çelebi oğulları es-Seyyid Ali, Hasan ve es- Seyyid Abdurrahim Çelebi oğulları da es-Seyyid İzzeddîn Hasan, Taceddîn İbrâhim, Kasım Çelebiler olub “Hacı Kasım Oğulları” Amasya’da bir sülâle-i hânedândır.
In Modern English
He is from Lâdik. He is the son of the man of spiritual state Seyyid Ahmed-i Kebîr er-Rifâî, who is buried there and whose biography has already appeared. In the time of Hacı Şadgeldi Pasha he was emir of Lâdik and was called Emir Alâeddin Ali Eşca' Bey. He became famous as "Eşca' Çelebi" and "Eşca' Bey." He died around the year 780 [1378-79]. Selâmiş Bay took his place.
His sons are Seyyid Abdullah, Mehmed and Ahmed Çelebi. They were called the "Eşca' Sons." The sons of Seyyid Mehmed Çelebi are Seyyid Abdul, İbrahim and Ahmed Çelebi. The sons of Seyyid İbrahim Çelebi are Seyyid Mehmed, Ali Siyah Pûş and Ahmed Çelebi; the sons of Seyyid Mehmed Çelebi, son of İbrahim Çelebi, are Seyyid Mahmud, İbrahim and Hüseyin Çelebi. Some of these lived in Taşâbâd and some in Hakâla.
The sons of Seyyid İbrahim son of Mehmed son of İbrahim Çelebi are Seyyid Şah and Ahmed Bey. Ahmed Bey's son Seyyid Hüseyin Çelebi is among the seyyids of Amasya. The sons of Seyyid Ali Siyah Pûş Çelebi, son of Seyyid İbrahim Çelebi, are Seyyid Nureddin Hamza, Taceddin İbrahim and Abdurrahim Çelebi. The sons of Seyyid Taceddin Çelebi are Seyyid Ali and Hasan; the sons of Seyyid Abdurrahim Çelebi are Seyyid İzzeddin Hasan, Taceddin İbrahim and Kasım Çelebi, and the "Hacı Kasım Sons" are known in Amasya as a long-established family.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- sâhibü'l-hâl: a person of spiritual state, a man of the heart
- emîr: here, the governor of a district
- es-Seyyid: a descendant of the Prophet
- Çelebi: a title given in this line to noble and learned men
- sâdât: seyyids
- sülâle-i hânedân: a long-established, respected family
- mahdûm: son
The Seyyid Ahmed-i Kebir of Lâdik
Hüsameddin introduces Eşca' Bey's father as "the man of spiritual state Seyyid Ahmed-i Kebîr er-Rifâî," buried in Lâdik, and says that his biography appears earlier in the book. According to the description of the Ladik District Governorate, the Tomb of Seyit Ahmet-i Kebir is a structure of unknown date, square in plan, built of cut stone and brick; it contains seven sarcophagi and its architecture bears the features of the principalities period. According to the same record, Seyyid Ahmed-i Kebir was one of the Seljuk-period commanders; when he fell as a martyr in a battle he fought at Lâdik, he was buried here at his own request. The tomb is today a place often visited by those who have no son or no children at all. There is a difference between the local account and Hüsameddin's information: one presents him as a Seljuk commander, the other as a seyyid of the Rifâî line. Both descriptions may be true of the same man; no document showing which is the essential one was found in the sources read.
The Rifâî Attribution
Ahmed er-Rifâî, from whom the Rifâiyya order takes its name, was a Husaynid seyyid born in 512 (1118) in the Batâih region of Iraq, who died in 578 (1182) and whose tomb is south of Baghdad near Wâsit. That this sheikh himself lies buried in Lâdik does not agree with these records. It may be thought that by "Ahmed-i Kebîr er-Rifâî" Hüsameddin meant a seyyid who bore the name of the order's founder and is claimed to be descended from him or attached to his order; this too is an inference, since the sources do not explain the lineage of the man at Lâdik or how the name was acquired.
The Emirate of Lâdik and Its Date
Hüsameddin writes that Eşca' Bey was emir of Lâdik in the time of Hacı Şadgeldi and died around 780 (1378-79). Şadgeldi's emirate included Amasya, Tokat and Canik; the suggestion that Lâdik lay geographically within this region, and that Eşca' Bey could therefore be thought of as a local emir dependent on Şadgeldi, is an inference and is not documented. Under Ottoman rule Lâdik was, at the beginning of the sixteenth century, one of the districts making up the sanjak of Amasya; the others were the central district of Amasya and Merzifon. No information could be found in the sources about "Selâmiş Bay," named as Eşca' Bey's successor, or about the settlements of Taşâbâd and Hakâla.
The Eşca' Sons and the Hacı Kasım Sons
The entry is largely the family tree of a seyyid family spread over several generations. Hüsameddin notes that some of Eşca' Bey's descendants are among the seyyids of Amasya, and he names the "Hacı Kasım Sons" as a long-established family in Amasya. No other information was found about these families in the sources.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 335–335. amasya.bel.tr
Academic studies
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