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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

Evhadüddîn Mehmed Çelebi, Mevlânâ eş-Şeyh

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 369 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Hankâh-ı Mes’ûdî şeyhi olup Hacı Kutluşâh devrinde [347] iştihâr ve Hacı Şâdgeldi Paşa devrinde irtihâl etdi. Âlim, zâhid idi. Amasya’da türbesi ve vakfı olduğu kuyûd-i vakfiyeden anlaşıldı. Ancak ne türbesi ne vakfiyesi bir türlü bulunamadı.

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In Modern English

He was sheikh of the Hankâh-ı Mes'ûdî; he became famous in the time of Hacı Kutluşâh and died in the time of Hacı Şâdgeldi Pasha. He was a scholar and a zâhid (one who keeps away from worldly pleasures). That he had a tomb and an endowment in Amasya was understood from the endowment records. But neither his tomb nor his endowment deed could ever be found.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • hankâh: dervish lodge, tekke
  • iştihâr: becoming famous
  • irtihâl: death, departing from the world
  • zâhid: a pious man who has withdrawn from worldly pleasures
  • kuyûd-i vakfiye: endowment records

The Hankâh-ı Mes'ûdî

According to the account based on Hüsameddin, the Hankâh-ı Mes'ûdî was built by the Anatolian Seljuk sultan Mesud I (1116-1155) for the saints of Khorasan. When it fell into the hands of the Babais during the Babai revolt it was closed; after remaining closed for a long time it was reopened, and around 1300 its administration was given to Âşık Paşa. Since this account rests on Hüsameddin, it needs to be tested against another source. Mesud's own tomb lies in the courtyard of the Alâeddin Mosque in Konya; the rumor that Mesud's tomb is near Amasya is not considered correct. The tomb in the garden of the Amasya Museum, of the eyvan type and dated to the 12th century, is popularly attributed to Sultan Mesud; the truth of this attribution is doubtful.

The present location of the lodge could not be established in this research. A master's thesis on the tekkes of Amasya states that the first tekke of the city was built in the time of the Anatolian Seljuks and that such hankâhs were left to dervishes coming from Central Asia; since the text of the thesis was not examined, the details on this lodge could not be consulted.

The Time of Hacı Kutluşah and Hacı Şadgeldi

The Kutluşahs were a principality founded in Amasya in 1340 and take their name from their founder Hacı Kutluşah. Hacı Şadgeldi is Kutluşah's son and remained emir of Amasya from 1359 until his death, that is, 1381. The period in which Evhadüddin Mehmed Çelebi became famous falls in Kutluşah's time and the period in which he died in Şadgeldi's emirate. Taken together, the years in which the sheikh was active fit roughly between 1340 and 1381. Because Hüsameddin gives no exact year, these limits are an inference.

The Absence of the Tomb and the Endowment Deed

Hüsameddin infers from the endowment records that the sheikh had a tomb and an endowment in Amasya, but states plainly that he could find neither the tomb nor the deed. Hüsameddin also mentions Âşık Paşa as sheikh of the same lodge (entry 398 of this volume). No information was found in other sources in the searches on Evhadüddin Mehmed Çelebi.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 369–369. amasya.bel.tr

Academic studies

Official sources

  • "Sultan Mesut Türbesi", Kültür Portalı (Amasya gezilecek yerler)

Other sources

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