AMASYA 05

Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

İlyâs Bey-Hacızâde el-Hâc

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 341 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasya civârında medfûn Baba İlyâs Horasânî evlâdından el-Hâc Nevrûz Bey bin Şemseddîn Mahmûd et-Tuğrâî bin Baba İlyâs Horasânî mahdûmudur. 7l8’de Mısır’dan gelip Amasya’da yerleşti. Ammizâdesi el-Hâc Nureddîn Kutlu Beyle ümerâdan olup 745 hudûdunda vefât etdi. Amasya’da Hacı İlyâs Mahallesi bunun ikâmetgâhı idi. Mahdûmları Hamza, Hızır, Murâd Beylerdir.

Our Research Article Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk

In Modern English

He was the son of el-Hâc Nevrûz Bey, a descendant of Baba İlyâs-ı Horasânî, who is buried near Amasya. Nevrûz Bey was the son of Şemseddîn Mahmûd et-Tuğrâî, who in turn was a son of Baba İlyâs-ı Horasânî. Nevrûz Bey came from Egypt in 718 [1318-19] and settled in Amasya. Together with his cousin el-Hâc Nûreddîn Kutlu Bey, he became one of the beys and died around 745 [1344-45]. The Hacı İlyâs Quarter in Amasya was where he lived. His sons were Hamza, Hızır and Murâd Bey.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • medfûn: buried
  • evlâd: children, descendants
  • mahdûm: son
  • ammizâde: son of a paternal uncle
  • ümerâ: beys, emirs
  • hudûd: boundaries; here, "around"
  • ikâmetgâh: place of residence, dwelling

Baba İlyas and His Line

Baba İlyâs-ı Horasânî was the Turkmen sheikh who led the Babai revolt of 1240. In the time of Alâeddin Keykubad the First he settled in the village of Çat (today İlyas) near Amasya and, as a Vefâî sheikh in the lodge he founded there, gave instruction among the Turkmens of the area. The revolt was begun in 1240 at Kefersud by his deputy Baba İshak; Baba İlyas himself was besieged and captured by Seljuk forces in Amasya and executed. After the movement was suppressed, his surviving disciples formed the current known as Babaîlik.

Among Baba İlyas's descendants the names of Muhlis Pasha, Âşık Pasha and Elvan Çelebi are mentioned; it is noted that Elvan Çelebi, son of Âşık Pasha, was of Baba İlyas's line and of the same Vefâî tradition. After Baba İlyas's lodge, the most important center of the Vefâî order was Elvan Çelebi's lodge, and the historian Âşıkpaşazâde, who came from this line, also lived there. The Şemseddîn Mahmûd et-Tuğrâî branch that Hüsameddin mentions does not appear in these sources; for this reason the genealogical link in the text could not be verified.

No information was found in the sources read on Nevrûz Bey's arrival from Egypt, his relationship with Nûreddîn Kutlu Bey, the origin of the Hacı İlyâs Quarter, or its present state. The quarter's connection with Nevrûz Bey rests solely on Hüsameddin's record.

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