Sivas hâkimi Emîr Taceddîn İbrâhim Bey bin Hâce Alâeddîn Ali Şâh bin Emîr Nureddîn Kutlu Bey’in kerîmesi ve Amasya hükümdârı Emîr Seyfeddîn el-Hâc Şadgeldi Paşa halîlesidir. Amasya’da Hacı Şadgeldi Paşa devrinde “Hâtun Şâh” demekle meşhûr idi. 797’de vefât etdiği seng-i mezârında mahkûk ve zevci türbesinde medfûndur. Fasîhi İsi Hâtun’dur.
Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
Esi Hâtun-Hâtun Şâh
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 335 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ
Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)
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Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk
In Modern English
She is the daughter of Emir Taceddîn İbrâhim Bey, ruler of Sivas; İbrâhim Bey was the son of Hoca Alâeddîn Ali Şah, and Ali Şah the son of Emir Nureddîn Kutlu Bey. She was the wife of the ruler of Amasya, Emir Seyfeddîn el-Hac Şadgeldi Pasha. In Amasya, in the time of Hacı Şadgeldi Pasha, she was known as "Hâtun Şâh." It is written on her gravestone that she died in 797 [1394-95]; she is buried in her husband's tomb. Her name, in its correct pronunciation, is İsi Hatun.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- kerîme: daughter
- halîle: spouse, wife
- seng-i mezâr: gravestone
- mahkûk: engraved, inscribed
- medfûn: buried
- fasîh: correct, proper pronunciation
Her Husband: Hacı Şadgeldi Pasha
Hatun Şah's husband Şadgeldi was the second son of Kutlu Şah. His elder brother Şehabeddin Ahmed Şah had also twice been emir of Amasya. Şadgeldi was appointed emir of Amasya by his father in 1359; in 1361 he lost the city for a time and a few months later, at the beginning of 763 (1361-62), took it back. He turned the rule he had begun as an emir dependent on the Eretnids into an independent emirate once central authority weakened. The emirate's borders included Amasya, Tokat and Canik, and the area around Osmancık, Çorum, İskilip and Sinop was added to it. He appointed his friend Cemaleddin Muhammed Aksarayî first as kadı of Amasya and then as kazasker; Aksarayî dedicated two works to him. He is also reported to have had fountains, bridges, mosques and madrasas built.
Şadgeldi lost the battle against Kadı Burhâneddin at Tokat in Ramazan 783 (1381) and was killed. He was buried in the Halfet Gazi Cemetery in Amasya; his tomb still stands today, with his name and date of death written on it. After him his second son Ahmed Pasha became emir. The Amasya emirate of Şadgeldi and his line came to an end in 805 (1403). Hüsameddin's phrase "she is buried in her husband's tomb" fits with this: Hatun Şah died thirteen years after her husband, in 797 (1394-95), and was laid beside him.
Her Father's Line and Namesakes
Hüsameddin names "Hoca Alâeddin Ali Şah" as Hatun Şah's grandfather. In the Eretnid record, Hoca Ali Şah appears as a statesman who gave great help to the Eretnid Mehmed Bey and was finally eliminated in 1358. It may be thought that the two names belong to the same person, but the sources do not say so explicitly. Similar caution is needed with Taceddin İbrahim, given as Hatun's father: the Eretnid record mentions a "Hacı İbrahim" among the emirs of Sivas, whose name appears together with Şadgeldi's in the killing of Mehmed Bey in 1365. Whether this man was Hatun Şah's father is not known.
Another noteworthy point is the name "Nureddin Kutlu" in the line of descent. Şadgeldi's father is also called Nureddin Kutlu Şah. If this is the same person, Hoca Ali Şah would be Şadgeldi's brother and Hatun Şah the granddaughter of her husband's brother; if the two are different men with the same name, there is no such kinship. The sources read do not answer this question. In any case, a marriage between the daughter of a leading family of Sivas and the emir of Amasya may indicate the political relations between the two cities; this too is only an inference.
Other Information on Hatun Şah
No other record on Hatun Şah's life, the date of her marriage or her children could be found in the sources read. Hüsameddin gives her year of death and place of burial on the basis of the gravestone; this information could not be verified in another source. That the name appears as "Esi" in the title and "İsi" in the text is a distinction within the book itself; that İsi is the correct pronunciation rests only on Hüsameddin's note.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 335–335. amasya.bel.tr
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