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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

İbecik Bey — Emîr Sinânüddîn

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 380 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasya Beylerbeyi Emîr Seyfeddîn Torumtay’ın [383] kölesidir. Müşârün-ileyhin sâye-i ikbâlinde tefeyyuz ederek ümerâdan oldu. Ba’dehû torunu Emîr Nâsıreddîn Mehmed Bey’e intisâb edib zamân-ı emâretinde Amasya candârı ya’nî muhâfızı oldu. 700 sâlinden sonra vefât etdi. Bunun çiftliği de el-yevm İbecük adlı bir köy olarak meşhûrdur.

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In Modern English

He was a slave of Emîr Seyfeddîn Torumtay, Beylerbeyi of Amasya. Raised under the said man's protection, he became one of the emirs. Later he attached himself to Torumtay's grandson, Emîr Nâsıreddîn Mehmed Bey, and during his emirate became candâr, that is, guardian, of Amasya. He died after the year 700 [1300-01]. His farm too is famous today as a village called İbecük.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • beylerbeyi: the highest administrator of a region
  • müşârün-ileyh: the person mentioned
  • sâye-i ikbâl: the shadow of good fortune, protection
  • tefeyyüz: drawing benefit
  • intisâb: attachment
  • emâret: emirate
  • candâr: guardian, protective official
  • el-yevm: today

Seyfeddîn Torumtay

İbecik Bey's master Torumtay gave his name to the Torumtay Tomb in Amasya. The tomb stands directly across from the Mosque of the Gök Madrasa and was built in 1278 by Seyfeddin Torumtay. Torumtay himself, his children and his grandchildren lie in the same building. The plan and decoration of this two-storey tomb, built mainly of hewn stone, are quite different from other Seljuk tombs. On the south front, above the ornate window in a marble niche, is a four-line construction inscription; a repair inscription on the inner face of the south wall shows that the building was repaired in 1891-1892. On the sarcophagus of Torumtay on the lower floor, verses from the Qur'an are carved in celî script.

Hüsameddin tells that İbecik Bey, raised beside Torumtay, then attached himself to Torumtay's grandson Nâsıreddîn Mehmed Bey. The statement that "grandchildren" lie in the tomb agrees with this account; but whether Nâsıreddîn Mehmed Bey is buried there, or even who he was, is not stated in the sources read. The date 700 [1300-01] mentioned in the text comes about twenty-two years after 1278, when Torumtay had his tomb built; a slave serving beside Torumtay and then beside his grandson within this span is possible. This is an inference.

İbecük Village

Hüsameddin says that İbecik Bey's farm is today called a village named "İbecük". There is a village in Amasya district that bears the name İbecik today; its population in 2021 is 280. That İbecük is the same place as this village is not stated outright in the sources read; it can be inferred from the similarity of the names, but this is only a possibility. In the previous entry, on İbik Baba, Hüsameddin speaks of "İbik Village"; the relationship between the two village names is not explained.

No further information on the title of Beylerbeyi of Amasya or the post of "candâr" of Amasya was found in the sources read; İbecik Bey's life rests solely on Hüsameddin's record.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 380. amasya.bel.tr

Official sources

Other sources

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