Kayseriyyelidir. Oranın emîri Ca’fer Bey bin Sultân Eratnâ Bey’in mahdûmudur. 790’da pederinin vefâtına binâen Kayseriyye emîri olduysa da Kadı Burhân orayı istilâ etdiğinden firâr edib Amasya emâretine ilticâ etdi.
Amasya’da Hacı İlyâs Mahallesi’nin cihet-i garbiyyesinde Yeşilırmak kenarında kendisine verilen yerlere yerleşti. Orada bir sâhîlhâne ve bahçe yapdırdı. Yirmi yıl kadar ikâmet ederek 810 hudûdunda vefât etdi.
Oğulları Ca’fer, Murâd, Hamza Beyler el-yevm kendi adıyla yâd edilen yerlerde ikâmet ederek buralara İne Hânönü dendi. Bunların evlâdına Amasya’da İne Hânoğulları denirdi. Hamza Beyzâde Murâd Bey meşâhîr-i ümerâdandır. [400]
In Modern English
He was a native of Kayseri. He was the son of Cafer Bey, the emir of that city, and Cafer Bey was the son of Sultan Eratna Bey. In 790 [1388-89], on the death of his father, he became emir of Kayseri, but because Kadı Burhan seized the city he fled and took refuge with the emirate of Amasya.
In Amasya he settled on lands granted to him on the bank of the Yeşilırmak, to the west of the Hacı İlyâs quarter. There he had a riverside mansion and a garden built. After living there for some twenty years he died around 810 [1407-08].
His sons Cafer, Murâd and Hamza Beys lived in places that are still called by his name today, and so these places came to be known as İne Hân Önü ("in front of İne Hân"). Their descendants were called İne Hânoğulları in Amasya. Murâd Bey, son of Hamza Bey, was one of the famous emirs.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- mahdûm: son
- emîr: a commander who held the rule of a region, a bey
- binâen: on account of
- istilâ: seizing a place by force
- firâr: flight
- ilticâ: taking refuge
- cihet-i garbiyye: the western side
- sâhîlhâne: a mansion on the water's edge
- hudûd: vicinity (in dates, "around")
- el-yevm: today
- meşâhîr-i ümerâ: famous emirs
The Eretnid Emirs of Kayseri
The name "Eratnâ" in the text refers to Alâeddin Eretna, who founded a principality centred on Sivas and Kayseri that lasted from 1335 to 1381. After Eretna's death a struggle for power broke out between his sons Cafer and Mehmed. Mehmed Bey was first proclaimed ruler; when he gave up the throne in 1354, Cafer Bey was raised in his place with the title İzzeddin. In April 1355, at the Battle of Yalnızgöz, Mehmed Bey defeated his brother and took back the throne. The source we read says nothing of Cafer Bey's life after this defeat. Whether the Cafer Bey whom Hüsameddin names as İne Hân's father is this prince is an inference and is not certain. If it were so, for his son to become emir of Kayseri "on the death of his father" in 790 [1388-89], Cafer Bey would have had to live more than thirty years after 1355.
Kadı Burhaneddin and Kayseri
Kadı Burhaneddin was the son of Şemseddin Muhammed, the judge of Kayseri. In 1378 he became vizier of the Eretna principality, and in 1381 he proclaimed his own sultanate and ended the rule of the Eretnids. Throughout his reign he fought the neighbouring principalities; he managed to establish influence over the emirate of Amasya, but this superiority did not last long. His relations with the emirs of Kayseri were also conflict-ridden: in 1389, because the emir of Kayseri, Cüneyd, was inciting those around him against him, he marched on Cüneyd and besieged the fortress of Develi; Cüneyd Bey surrendered the fortress and declared his obedience. The date 790 [1388-89] given by Hüsameddin falls close to this event. However, it cannot be understood from the sources we read whether the sentence "Kadı Burhân seized the place" points to this campaign or to another event, nor what İne Hân's relation to Cüneyd was. It is known that the emirate of Amasya was one of Kadı Burhaneddin's main rivals, and the refuge of an emir fleeing Kayseri in Amasya fits this context.
İne Hân Önü
Hüsameddin writes that İne Hân lived on the bank of the Yeşilırmak, to the west of the Hacı İlyâs quarter in Amasya, and that this place was called İne Hân Önü in the time of his sons. A present-day equivalent of this place name, and any trace of the riverside mansion, could not be found in the sources we read.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 384–384. amasya.bel.tr
Academic studies