Divriğilidir. Salgur Kabîlesi Türkmenleri’nden Doğan oğludur. Mevlânâ Musliheddîn Mûsâ et-Tebrîzî’de ikmâl-i tahsîl edib Tokat’ta bir müddet oturdu. Ba’dehû Amasya’da Hânkâh-ı Mes’ûdî Şeyhi Baba İlyâs oğlu Alâeddîn Alî Âşık Paşa’dan ahz-i tarîkat etdi. Amasya Emîr-i Kebîri Torumtay oğlu Zeyneddîn [348] Ya’kûb Paşa Rûmî devrinde fevkalâde iştihâr ederek mu’tekad-ı enâm oldu. Hâssaten Hacı Kutluşâh kendisine mescidi kurbinde bir zâviye binâsıyla ızhâr-ı hürmet edib 757’de dâr-ı kudse intikâl etdi. Âlim, zâhid, kâmil bir şeyh-i ecell idi.
Mahdûmu Mevlânâ Zeyneddîn Siyâvuş Çelebi’dir. Bunun mahdûmları Şihâbeddîn Ahmed Bâlî, Alâeddîn Alî Yârî Çelebilerdir. Bunlara Divriğilizâdeler dendi. Müverrih-i meşhûr Mevlânâ Ziyâeddîn Şükrullah Çelebi Ahmed Bâlî Çelebi mahdûmudur. Bunun evlâdına Şükrullâhzâdeler denir. Yârî Alî Çelebizâde Mevlânâ Şemseddîn Müeyyed Çelebi evlâdına Müeyyedzâdeler denir.
In Modern English
He is from Divriği. He is the son of Doğan, of the Turkmens of the Salgur tribe. Having completed his studies with Mevlânâ Musliheddîn Mûsâ et-Tebrîzî, he lived for a while in Tokat. Afterwards in Amasya he received the Sufi path from Âşık Paşa, Alâeddîn Alî, the son of Baba İlyas and sheikh of the Hankâh-ı Mes'ûdî. In the time of the Great Emir of Amasya, Zeyneddîn Yakub Pasha Rûmî, son of Torumtay, he gained extraordinary fame and became a man in whom the people believed and whom they respected. In particular Hacı Kutluşâh showed him respect by having a zâviye built near his mosque. He died in 757 [1356-57]. He was a scholar, a zâhid (one who keeps away from worldly pleasures), a mature and very great sheikh.
His son is Mevlânâ Zeyneddîn Siyâvuş Çelebi. His sons are Şihâbeddîn Ahmed Bâlî and Alâeddîn Alî Yârî Çelebi. They were called the Divriğilizâdes. The famous historian Mevlânâ Ziyâeddîn Şükrullah Çelebi is the son of Ahmed Bâlî Çelebi. His descendants are called the Şükrullâhzâdes. The descendants of Mevlânâ Şemseddîn Müeyyed Çelebi, son of Yârî Alî Çelebi, are called the Müeyyedzâdes.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- kabîle: tribe, clan
- ikmâl-i tahsîl: completing one's studies
- ahz-i tarîkat: receiving training in the Sufi path from a sheikh, attaching oneself to him
- Emîr-i Kebîr: Great Emir; the highest administrator at the head of a region
- iştihâr: becoming famous
- mu'tekad-ı enâm: one in whom the people believe and whom they respect
- ızhâr-ı hürmet: showing respect
- zâviye: small tekke, dervish lodge
- dâr-ı kudse intikâl: moving to the holy abode, dying
- şeyh-i ecell: a very great sheikh
- müverrih: historian
- mahdûm: son
The Divriğilizâdes and the Müeyyedzâdes
The Divriklizâdes, one of the well-known families of Amasya, are named after the line of Şemseddin Müeyyed Çelebi, one of the sheikhs of the Kâzerûniyye order. Müeyyed Çelebi's son Alâeddin Ali Çelebi became chancellor of Prince Bayezid (865 [1461]); Alâeddin Ali's son Müeyyedzâde Abdurrahman Efendi was born in Amasya in 860 [1456] and later became military judge (kazasker) of Rumelia. The "Alâeddîn Alî Yârî Çelebi" of Hüsameddin's text may be the same person as this Alâeddin Ali Çelebi; this is an inference. A difference is seen between Hüsameddin's text and this account: Hüsameddin shows Müeyyed Çelebi as the son of Yârî Alî Çelebi; according to what the author of the Müeyyedzâde entry reports, however, Hüsameddin writes elsewhere (volume 3, p. 144) that Yâr Ali Çelebi became son-in-law to Müeyyed Çelebi. It appears that two different kinship ties are given for the same persons; which is correct could not be determined in this research.
Şükrullah and the Şükrullâhzâdes
The "famous historian" Şükrullah of the text is known by the nisba "Amasyevî". His birth is given as 790 [1388]; he entered Ottoman service in 812 [1409], moved into the scholarly profession in the time of Murad II and served as kadı of Bursa. He began writing his Behcetü't-tevârîh, in Persian, in 861 [1456], dedicated the work to Grand Vizier Mahmud Pasha and received 1000 akçe in return. According to what is reported from him, his father's name is Şehâbeddin Ahmed; this agrees with Hüsameddin's "Şihâbeddîn Ahmed Bâlî". His grandfather's name is given as Zeynüddin Zeki; in Hüsameddin this name is Zeyneddîn Siyâvuş. His son Ahmed Çelebi was sent as an envoy to Bayezid II in 1483 by Cem Sultan, who had taken Bursa. The title "Ziyâeddîn" that Hüsameddin uses does not appear in the Şükrullah entry.
Âşık Paşa and the Hankâh-ı Mes'ûdî
Hüsameddin writes that Evrân Çelebi's sheikh, from whom he took the path, was "Âşık Paşa Alâeddîn Alî, son of Baba İlyas". Âşık Paşa was born in Kırşehir in 1272 and died in the same city in 1332; his father Muhlis Paşa was Baba İlyas's youngest son. By this account Âşık Paşa is Baba İlyas's grandson, and the word "son" may express the line of descent loosely here; this is an inference. That the Hankâh-ı Mes'ûdî was closed after the Babai revolt and reopened around 1300, and that Âşık Paşa settled there at that time, is written in a study that rests on Hüsameddin. Since Evrân Çelebi died in 757 [1356-57], his taking the path from Âşık Paşa must fall in Âşık Paşa's years before 1332; Evrân Çelebi's year of birth is not known.
Yakub Pasha, Son of Torumtay, and Hacı Kutluşah
Torumtay, while governor of Amasya, drew up his endowment deed dated 665 [1266-67] and had his tomb built in 677 [1278-79]. The years in which Evrân Çelebi became famous, on the other hand, fall after 1340, when Hacı Kutluşah founded his principality in Amasya, and his death falls in 1356-57. Between Torumtay's years as governor and the emirate of Yakub Pasha in the period in which Evrân Çelebi lived there are about eighty years; for this reason "son of Torumtay" may mean a grandson or someone of his line. This too is an inference and could not be verified. No information was found in the sources searched on Zeyneddîn Yakub Pasha Rûmî. Where the zâviye said to have been built by Hacı Kutluşah, or Evrân Çelebi's mosque, stands today could not be established either.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 369–369. amasya.bel.tr
Academic studies
- Hasan Aksoy, "Müeyyedzâde Abdurrahman Efendi", TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/mueyyedzade-abdurrahman-efendi
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