AMASYA 05

Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

Esen Bey-Bîçâroğlu

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 334 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasya ümerâsından Bîçâr Bey bin Hamza Bey bin Ahmed Bey bin Bahadır Bey bin Emîr Hüsâmeddîn Bîçâr el-Yârî mahdûmudur. Amasya hükümdârı Hacı Şâhgeldi Pâdişâh devrinde kibâr-ı ümerâdan olup bir müddet Tokat emîri oldu. 783’de vefât etdi. Mahdûmu Bîçâr Paşa’dır. Bunun mahdûmları Hamza, Arslan, İsmâil Beylerdir.

Our Research Article Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk

In Modern English

He is the son of Bîçâr Bey, one of the emirs of Amasya; Bîçâr Bey was the son of Hamza Bey, who was the son of Ahmed Bey, who was the son of Bahadır Bey, and Bahadır Bey was the son of Emir Hüsâmeddin Bîçâr el-Yârî. In the time of the ruler of Amasya, Hacı Şâhgeldi Padishah, he was one of the great emirs and for a time was emir of Tokat. He died in 783 [1381]. His son is Bîçâr Pasha. His sons are Hamza, Arslan and İsmâil Beys.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • ümerâ: emirs
  • kibâr-ı ümerâ: great emirs, the leading emirs
  • mahdûm: son
  • bin: son of
  • devir: period, time

Şadgeldi and Tokat

The "Hacı Şâhgeldi Padishah" of the entry is Hacı Şadgeldi, emir of Amasya. According to Mehterhan Furkani, Şadgeldi governed Amasya from 1359 to 1381, and the extent of his emirate included the provinces of Amasya, Tokat and Canik. When, at the end of the Eretnid period, the emirs began to act on their own, Şeyh Necib was in Tokat, while Şadgeldi acted independently in and around Amasya. That Tokat was held by Bîçâr Bey "for a time" agrees with the changing administration of this period of dissolution, but in which years and on whose behalf he governed Tokat could not be verified in the sources.

The year of Bîçâr Bey's death, 783 (1381), is also the year in which Şadgeldi died. The war between Kadı Burhaneddin and Şadgeldi was fought at Tokat in Ramazan 783 (1381), and Şadgeldi was killed in it. Whether there is any connection between Bîçâr Bey's death and this war is not stated in the sources; the coincidence of the year may be mere chance, and nothing more can be said on the matter.

No information was found in other sources on Bîçâr Bey, on Bahadır Bey, Ahmed Bey, Hamza Bey and Hüsâmeddin Bîçâr el-Yârî in the line of descent, on Bîçâr Pasha, or on his sons Hamza, Arslan and İsmâil Beys. What the epithet "Yârî" refers to also could not be found in the sources read.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 334–334. amasya.bel.tr

Academic studies

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