Amasya emîr-i kebîri Alâaddîn Alî Bey bin Süleyman Bey bin Alî Bey bin Mehmed Bey bin Tekûr Sinan Bey bin Emîr Mübârizeddîn Halîfe Halfet Gâzi Alp bin Tûlî Bey bin Türkânşâh bin Güdül Bey’in kızıdır.
Amasya Hükümdârı Hacı Şâdgeldi Paşa, Alî Bey’i kendisine rabtetmek ve bunun nüfûz ve îtibârından istifâde etmek için bu kızını kendi mahdûmu Seyyideddîn Mehmed Bey’e tezvîc etdi. Bu sûretle Alî Bey’i de kendi dâire-i inkıyâdına aldı. Fakat zevci Seyyideddîn Mehmed Bey 782’de vefât etdiğinden dul kaldı. 786’da vefât edib Üçler Mahallesi’nde Sa’dî Çelebi Câmii garbında kâ’in hânesi bahçesine defnedildi. El-Yevm orada medfûndur.
In Modern English
She was the daughter of Alâaddin Alî Bey, the great emir of Amasya. Alî Bey was the son of Süleyman Bey; Süleyman Bey was the son of Alî Bey; he was the son of Mehmed Bey; he was the son of Tekûr Sinan Bey; he was the son of Emîr Mübârizeddîn Halîfe Halfet Gâzi Alp; he was the son of Tûlî Bey; he was the son of Türkânşâh; and he was the son of Güdül Bey.
Hacı Şâdgeldi Paşa, the ruler of Amasya, in order to bind Alî Bey to himself and to benefit from his influence and standing, married this girl to his own son Seyyideddîn Mehmed Bey. In this way he brought Alî Bey too under his own authority. But since her husband Seyyideddîn Mehmed Bey died in 782 [1380-81], she was left a widow. She died in 786 [1384-85] and was buried in the garden of her house, which stood to the west of the Sa'dî Çelebi Mosque in the Üçler quarter. She is buried there to this day.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- emîr-i kebîr: great emir, the leading bey of a region
- rabtetmek: to bind
- tezvîc: marrying off
- dâire-i inkıyâd: sphere of submission, area of allegiance
- medfûn: buried
- garb: west
- el-yevm: today
Hacı Şadgeldi and Amasya
The "ruler of Amasya" in the text, Hacı Şadgeldi, was the emir who came to dominate Amasya in the years when the Eretna principality was falling apart. In the time of Alâeddin Ali Bey, who came to the throne at a young age in the last period of the Eretnids, state authority could not be established, and emirs such as Hacı Şadgeldi in Amasya, Hacı İbrahim in Sivas and Şeyh Necib in Tokat began to act on their own. Şadgeldi, the second eldest son of Hacı Kutlu Şah, became emir of Amasya in 1359, was driven out of the city in 1361 after his father's death, and took power again a few months later. Kadı Burhâneddin eliminated him in 1381.
The dates Hüsameddin gives fit this framework: the girl's husband Seyyideddîn Mehmed died in 782 [1380-81], and Şadgeldi's death also falls in 1381. We have no document to connect the two events; their falling in nearby years may be only a coincidence. The name of Seyyideddîn Mehmed Bey does not appear in the sources we read. Fahreddin Ahmed is mentioned as Şadgeldi's successor.
The Line of Halîfet Gazi
The "Mübârizeddîn Halîfe Halfet Gâzi Alp" in Alî Bey's lineage must refer to Halîfet Gazi, the founder of the Hilfet Gazi Madrasa and Tomb in Amasya; this identification is an inference. Halîfet Gazi was a former Danishmendid emir who entered Seljuk service after the principality came to an end; he became governor of Amasya in 1222, was then appointed governor of Erzurum, and fell as a martyr in 1232 in a campaign against the Georgians, and was buried in his tomb in Amasya. His madrasa was built in 1209-10 according to its inscription, and its deed of endowment is dated 1225. Between Halîfet Gazi's death and the years in which Alî Bey lived there are about a hundred and thirty years; this is a span that could fit the five generations in the lineage. We found no record for the earlier names Hüsameddin gives (Tûlî Bey, Türkânşâh, Güdül Bey).
Îrân Hatun Herself
No information could be found in other sources about Îrân Hatun, her marriage, or her grave in the Üçler quarter. Whether the grave near the Sa'dî Çelebi Mosque that Hüsameddin mentions still exists today could not be determined either.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 381. amasya.bel.tr
Academic studies
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