Amasyalıdır. Bâbûkşâh oğlu Alî Paşa bin Esen Bey bin Bâbûkşâh mahdûmu ve Amasya Beylerbeyi Devâtdâr Ahmed Paşa’nın kayınbirâderidir. Yıldırım Sultân [365] Bâyezîd ümerâsından olup 804’de Timurlenk Muhârebesi’nde mün’adim oldu.
Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
Umûr Paşa Bey, Emir Zahîreddin
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 Amasya. He was the son of Alî Pasha, known as the son of Bâbûkşâh; Alî Pasha was the son of Esen Bey, who was the son of Bâbûkşâh. He was brother-in-law of Devâtdâr Ahmed Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Amasya. He was one of the emirs of Sultan Bâyezid Yıldırım and died in 804 [1401-02] in the war with Timur.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- mahdûm: son
- beylerbeyi: a senior administrator and commander at the head of a province or region
- devâtdâr: inkwell-bearer; the title of a high palace official
- kayınbirâder: brother of one's wife or husband; here, the brother of the spouse
- ümerâ: emirs
- mün'adim: one who has ceased to exist; here, one killed in battle
- Timurlenk: Timur
The War with Timur
The "Timurlenk war" of the entry is the battle fought on the Çubuk plain near Ankara between Timur and Bayezid Yıldırım. The battle is usually dated 28 July 1402, though some sources give 20 July 1402; Timur won the battle and Bayezid was taken prisoner. The Hijri year 804 runs from August 1401 to August 1402, so the date of the entry agrees with the battle. That the battle was the Battle of Ankara is a conclusion drawn from the year "804" in the entry; the text names no place. Umur Pasha's role in the battle and the place where he died are not written.
The Emirate of Amasya and Devâtdâr Ahmed Pasha
The emirate of Amasya began with Kutlu Şah in 747 [1346], passed after Şadgeldi's death to his second son Ahmed Pasha, and came to an end in 805 [1403] when the emirate of Şadgeldi's grandson ended. Whether the "Beylerbeyi of Amasya Devâtdâr Ahmed Pasha" named in the entry as Umur Pasha's brother-in-law is this Ahmed Pasha is not stated; the similarity of the names, and the fact that Umur Pasha is counted as an emir of Bayezid Yıldırım, suggest that he may be the same person or another Amasya governor of the same period, but this could not be verified. No information was found in other sources on the names Bâbûkşâh, Esen Bey and Alî Pasha.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 7, p. 374–374. amasya.bel.tr
Academic studies
- Mehterhan Furkani, "Siyasî ve İlmî Bir Kişilik: Amasya Emiri Hacı Şadgeldi Paşa ve ed-Dürerü'l-Mensûretü fi'l-Furû' Adlı Eserin Kendisine Nispeti", Uluslararası Amasya Âlimleri Sempozyumu Bildiriler Kitabı I, Amasya, 2017 (isamveri.org/pdfdrg/G00226/2017/2017_FURKANIM.pdf).
Other sources
- "Battle of Ankara", Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ankara).