Amasya‘da medrese binâ eden Atabeg Gâzi evlâdından ve ümerâdan Hayreddîn Hızır Bey bin Atabeg Gâzi Emîr Nasireddîn Ahmed Bey bin Ömer bin Süleyman el-Atâlî mahdûmudur. Ümerâdan [257] ve ceddi vakfı mütevellîsi olduğu halde 770 sâlinden sonra vefât etdi. Mahdûmları Hızır, Abdî Beylerdir. Hayreddîn Hızır Bey de mütevellî olmuşdu.
Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
İlyâs Bey-Ata Beyzâde
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 341 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ
Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)
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Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk
In Modern English
He was the son of Hayreddîn Hızır Bey, a bey and descendant of Atabeg Gâzi, who built a madrasa in Amasya. Hayreddîn Hızır Bey was the son of Atabeg Gâzi Emîr Nâsıreddîn Ahmed Bey, who was the son of Ömer, who was the son of Süleyman el-Atâlî. İlyâs Bey was one of the beys and, as trustee of his grandfather's endowment, died after the year 770 [1368-69]. His sons were Hızır and Abdî Bey. Hayreddîn Hızır Bey had also been a trustee.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- atabeg: a statesman in charge of a prince's education and care
- ümerâ: beys, emirs
- ced: grandfather
- vakıf mütevellîsi: the person who manages the affairs of an endowment
- mahdûm: son
The Atabeyzâdes
The Atabeg Gâzi of the text is Nâsıreddîn Ahmed Atabey, who built the madrasa known in Amasya as the Atabey Madrasa. According to one study, Nâsıreddîn Ahmed was atabey of the Seljuk Sultan Gıyâseddin Mesud the Second and of his son Gazi Çelebi Tâceddîn Altunbaş, and served as governor of Amasya for five years between 1322 and 1327. He had the madrasa built and endowed all his land and property to it. His descendants are called Atabeyzâdes; the family won a respected place among the people of Amasya and was among those who acted prudently in the city's acceptance of Ottoman rule. The family, which also held important posts in the Ottoman period, continued in two branches: the most famous was the Yörgüç Pasha branch, the second that of his brother Hızır Pasha. In the fifteenth century the post of tutor to princes had become particular to the Atabeyzâdes.
This picture agrees with Hüsameddin's record: an ancestor who built a madrasa in Amasya and endowed his property, with his descendants serving as trustees of that endowment. According to Hüsameddin, İlyâs Bey died after 770 [1368-69]; this is a fitting date for a grandson of Nâsıreddîn Ahmed, who was governor between 1322 and 1327. However, the summary of the article gives these dates without citing Hüsameddin; because the full article could not be read, where İlyâs Bey and his father Hızır Bey stand in the family has not been verified. The names Ömer and Süleyman el-Atâlî that Hüsameddin mentions also do not appear in the sources read.
No information was found in the sources read on the present state of the Atabey Madrasa or on İlyâs Bey's sons Hızır and Abdî Bey.
Bibliography
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 341–341. amasya.bel.tr
- Gözde Birsel Varol - Selim Özcan, "Atabeyzadelerin Amasya'nın Siyasi ve Sosyal Tarihindeki Yeri ve Önemi", MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi, 8/4 (15 Ekim 2019), https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/mjss/article/485672 (only the abstract could be read)