AMASYA 05

Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

Eyyûb Bey — Uzun

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 385 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasyalıdır. Sipâhî meşâhîrinden Mustafa Bey’in mahdûmu olup sipâhî iken Amasya kethüdâyeri ba’dehû Basra muhârebelerine sevkedilip yararlık gösterdiğinden Basra alaybeyi oldu. Buradan Lahsa eyâleti mîrâlemi olup 1015’de mîrlivâ görüldü. Ba’dehû vefât etdi.

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In Modern English

He was a native of Amasya. He was the son of Mustafa Bey, one of the famous sipahis. While a sipahi he became kethüdâyeri of Amasya, and then, having been sent to the Basra wars and shown valour, he became alaybeyi of Basra. From there he became standard-bearer (mîrâlem) of the province of Lahsa, and in 1015 [1606-07] he was seen as mîrlivâ (sanjak bey). Afterwards he died.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • mahdûm: son
  • sipâhî: a mounted soldier who lived on a timar revenue
  • kethüdâyeri: an official who stood in for the kethüda (steward); his powers cannot be understood in detail from the text
  • muhârebe: war
  • alaybeyi: commander of the sipahi units of a sanjak
  • eyâlet: a large administrative region under a beylerbeyi
  • mîrâlem: the bearer of the sanjak (standard), a sanjak administrator
  • mîrlivâ: sanjak bey

Basra and Lahsa

After Basra came under Ottoman rule it was reorganized; the survey register of 1552 shows the first organization. Until the end of the 16th century it was governed as a beylerbeylik with salaries, and its beylerbeyis, because they were continually in conflict with the Arab tribes, could not remain long in office and were at times besieged in the city. Lahsa, for its part, was first attached to the beylerbeylik of Basra (1547) and was probably raised to a beylerbeylik after 1553. The Âl-i Hamîd branch of the Benî Hâlid tribe lived in the region and received 200,000 akçes a year; the tribe had ruled Lahsa before Ottoman rule as well. Hüsameddin's phrase "province of Lahsa" agrees with this arrangement. In which war in Basra the bey showed valour, in which years he served, and the date of his death are not mentioned in the sources we read.

The Limit of the Text

For the offices of kethüdâyeri of Amasya, alaybeyi of Basra and mîrâlem of Lahsa, Hüsameddin gives no date apart from 1015 [1606-07]; no information was found in other sources on Eyyûb Bey.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 385–385. amasya.bel.tr

Academic studies

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