Kedağralıdır. Emîr Gıyâseddîn Mahmûd Şâh bin Tûtâş mahdûmudur. Sultân Tâceddîn Altunbaş Selçûkî Atabegi olup zamân-ı inzivâsında Havza civârında el-yevm Şeyh Sa’dî demekle meşhûr köyde ikâmet edib 740 tarihinden mukaddem vefât etmişdir. Mahdûmları “Tâşân, Zekeriyâ, Savcı” Beyler’dir. Emîr Çelebi demekle meşhûr idi.
Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
Umûr Bey, Emir Şeyh Saâdeddin
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 374 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ
Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)
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In Modern English
He was from Kedağra. He was the son of Emir Gıyâseddîn Mahmûd Şah; Mahmûd Şah was the son of Tûtâş. He was atabeg of the Seljuk Sultan Tâceddin Altunbaş, and in the time of his seclusion he lived in the village near Havza famous today as Şeyh Sa'dî, and died before the date 740 [1339-40]. His sons were Tâşân, Zekeriyâ and Savcı Bey. He was known as Emîr Çelebi.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- Kedağra: the old name of Vezirköprü
- mahdûm: son
- atabeg: among the Seljuks, the great emir who undertook a prince's upbringing and ran affairs of state in his name
- zamân-ı inzivâ: a period of withdrawal, of living apart from society
- mukaddem: earlier, before
Sultan Altunbaş and Havza
Tâceddin Altunbaş, whose atabeg Umur Bey was, was the son of Gıyâseddin Mesud II, the last Anatolian Seljuk Sultan. From a waqf deed it is understood that he ruled in Amasya and its surroundings as ruler of Simre. When the sultan died in 1356-57 he was buried in the village of Umurbey in Havza, attached to Amasya. The name of the village recalls Umur Bey of the entry; but the study does not say that the village name comes from Umur Bey, so this link is an inference. Altunbaş's madrasa and tomb in Amasya are also attributed to him; it is thought likely that the tomb was built after his death.
According to a study relaying what Hüsameddin tells of Altunbaş, of Altunbaş's four sons Mesud Çelebi had taken his father's place at Havza as ruler of the Simre; Kılıç Arslan of his line regarded the district of Havza entirely as his own farm and for this reason fell out with "Taşanoğlu Umur Bey". It is not written whether this Umur Bey descends from Tâşân, son of the Umur Bey of the entry; the similarity of the names is striking, but this is only a possibility. That Umur Bey died before 740 [1339-40], before Altunbaş's death in 1356-57, creates no contradiction; it is possible for an atabeg to die before the sultan.
The Village of Şeyh Sa'dî
In the entry the village where Umur Bey lived is called "Şeyh Sa'dî". In the Amasya region, in the village of Şeyhsadi, is the tomb of Sheikh Muhammed Sadi, said to have been the teacher of Hacı Bayram Veli; the tomb has moved away from its original form through later repairs. Whether the village lies near Havza, and whether it is the same place as the Umurbey village, could not be determined from the sources read. No other record was found about Umur Bey's father Mahmûd Şah, his grandfather Tûtâş or his Kedağra origin.
Bibliography
Primary sources
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