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Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL

Umûr Bey, Yörgüç Paşazâde

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 7, p. 374 • Edited by: Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Amasyalıdır. Yörgüç Paşazâde Hızır Bey’in mahdûmu olup züamâdan iken İstanbul Fethi’nde ümerâdan oldu. 873’de Gürcistân Harbi’nde Amasya Valisi iken Sultân Bâyezîd ile beraber bulundu. 878’de Uzun Hasan Şâh Muhârebesi’nde vefât etdi.

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In Modern English

He was a native of Amasya. He was the son of Hızır Bey, of the family of Yörgüç Pasha, and while a holder of a zeamet he joined the ranks of the emirs at the conquest of Istanbul. In 873 [1468-69], while governor of Amasya, he was with Sultan Bayezid in the Georgian war. In 878 [1473] he died in the war with Uzun Hasan Shah.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • Paşazâde: son or descendant of a pasha
  • züamâ: holders of a zeamet; a zeamet is a military fief of high revenue
  • ümerâ: emirs, beys
  • muhârebe: war, battle
  • vefât etdi: died

The Lineage of Yörgüç Pasha

Calling Umûr Bey "Yörgüç Paşazâde" ties him to the family of Yörgüç Pasha of Amasya. Yörgüç Pasha, tutor of Murad II in his princely days and governor-general of Rum, died in 1442 and was buried in the türbe of the mosque he had built in Amasya. His sons are counted as Hızır, Yûnus and Mustafa; it is known that Hızır and Mustafa fell as martyrs at the Battle of Varna. Another study speaks of Hızır Pasha (d. 1466), brother of Yörgüç Pasha, and of his son Mehmed Pasha (d. 1494); the family founded complexes and waqfs in Amasya. Which of these two Hızırs is the Hızır Bey of the text cannot be understood. The word "Paşazâde" may also have been used for a grandson or a more distant descendant; this is an inference.

The Governor of Amasya and the Year 873

Hüsameddin writes that Umûr Bey was governor of Amasya in 873 [1468-69] and was with "Sultan Bayezid" in the Georgian war. Bayezid, as a prince of his father Mehmed the Conqueror, was sent to the sanjak of Amasya in 1454 when he was only seven years old and remained in that post until 1481. The expression "Sultan Bayezid" therefore most probably refers to this prince; Umûr Bey must then have been a commander serving beside him, perhaps his tutor or governor-general. These are inferences. No Ottoman campaign against Georgia in 1468-69 was found in the sources read; this campaign could not be verified.

The War with Uzun Hasan

The war of 878 is the Battle of Otlukbeli, fought between Mehmed the Conqueror and the Akkoyunlu ruler Uzun Hasan (August 1473). In the Ottoman army, Prince Bayezid joined the troops at Kazova and took his place on the right wing. Before the battle, on 4 August 1473, the vanguard of Has Murad Pasha was routed on the bank of the Euphrates, and the main battle was fought on 11 August on the hills of Otlukbeli. Umûr Bey's name does not appear in the accounts read; in which clash he died is not clear. During Bayezid's time as sanjak governor Amasya was close to the political events of the region: in 1472 Akkoyunlu forces plundered Tokat and withdrew when they learned that the prince in Amasya was marching against them.

Bibliography

Primary sources

  • Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 374–374. amasya.bel.tr

Academic studies

Other sources

  • Mustafa Çağhan Keskin, "Foundations and Real Estates of Yorguc Pasha Family Through The Ottoman Endowment System", 22nd Annual European Real Estate Society Conference, İstanbul, 2015. https://eres.architexturez.net/node/170792

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