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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

Ilgâz Mehmed Bey

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 384 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Melik Dânîşmend Ahmed Gâzi ümerâsından olup gazâlarında bulunarak hizmetler etdi. Amasya civârında olan çiftliği el-yevm İlgaz Köyü demekle meşhûrdur. 500 tarihinden sonra vefât etdi. Gâzi, mücâhid bir zât idi. Buna İlgâzî de dendi.

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In Modern English

He was one of the emirs of Melik Dânişmend Ahmed Gâzi and served by taking part in his raids. His farm near Amasya is known today as the village of İlgaz. He died after 500 [1106-07]. He was a ghazi and a fighter for the faith. He was also called İlgâzî.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • ümerâ: emirs
  • gazâ: war or raid waged against the enemies of Islam
  • el-yevm: today
  • mücâhid: one who wages jihad, a fighter

The Village of İlgaz

There is a village called İlgazi attached to the central district of Amasya; its population in the 2021 census is 173. Whether the "village of İlgaz" Hüsameddin speaks of is this village could not be determined, since there is no record that the village's name comes from the Danishmendid emir.

The Danishmendid Emirs

The "Melik Dânişmend Ahmed Gâzi" named in the entry is Danişmend Gazi, the founder of the Danishmendid dynasty. Among the emirs in Danişmend Gazi's retinue who conquered Amasya, Tokat, Niksar, Sivas and Kayseri are named Çavuldur, Tursan, Kara Doğan, Osmancık, İltekin and Karatekin; the name İlgaz does not appear in these lists. Danişmend Gazi's death is accepted as about 1085. Hüsameddin gives no exact year but says "after 500"; 1106-07 and after is more than twenty years after Danişmend Gazi's death. This suggests that the emir may also have served Danişmend Gazi's successors; this is an inference.

No information about Ilgâz Mehmed Bey could be found in other sources.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 384. amasya.bel.tr

Academic studies

Other sources

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