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TURKOMANS BETWEEN TWO EMPIRES: THE ... - Bilkent University

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Following the death of Muhammad-shah, his son Junayd succeeded him. Those<br />

who loved Muhammad-shah crowded together around Junayd, who too launched ‘holy<br />

war’ several times. As they were successful, many people good and bad joined him. In<br />

the end, they applied for permission from the king of Persia (the Aqqoyunlu ruler) to<br />

invade Georgia through Persia. Although the king of Persia 504 was inclined to give<br />

permission, one of his viziers suspected something and suggested to investigate the<br />

situation. After a thorough investigation, the king realized that no man of virtue or good<br />

temper was in his retinue, but all were wicked and seditious. Consequently permission<br />

was not granted. Upon Junayd’s insistence to march on Georgia, the king sent a<br />

detachment of men on Junayd. After a great battle the army gone astray was put to flight<br />

and Junayd was beheaded. 505 Then his son Haydar, who like his father pursued the way<br />

of gazā and gathered all the ignoramus, libertines and heretics around, 506 succeeded him,<br />

So when considering the known history of the order the best person identifiable with Muhammad-shah of<br />

Bālī Efendi seems to be Shaykh Junayd. But in the following part of his letter Bālī Efendi separately<br />

mentions Junayd as son of Muhammad-shah. Whatever the truth is, Bālī Efendi’s knowledge about the<br />

history was obviously not based on authentic sources but on the tradition circulating among Ottoman<br />

ulemā. The value of his account as a source, thus, not stems from his penetration into the true history of<br />

the dynasty but his capacity to reflect the established view of the Ottoman scholars.<br />

503 Minorsky, “Shaykh Bālī-Efendi on the Safavids”, p. 446. The Istanbul copy runs, “Kaçankim Şeyh Safi<br />

mevte karib oldı .... cem oldı. Didi ki cümleniz itaat iderek aranızdan birinizi ihtiyar idin. Makamda olsun.<br />

Benim oğlum yerime otursun. Benim yerime layık vekildür didi. Ve ahirete intikal itdi. Muhammed Şah<br />

dirler bir oğlı kaldı. Sofiler ana yolak(?) oldılar. Anlar ki ehl-i hevâdır alayıyla bu canibe oldılar<br />

Muhammed Şah yerine geçürdiler. Cüheladan ve avamdan çok kimse tabi oldılar. Ve bir bölük tayife ki<br />

ehl-i Hakdır kabul itmediler. Şeyhin emrine muhalifdür dediler. Her biri bir memlekete başların aldılar<br />

gitdiler. Gendü hallerine meşgul oldılar. Şeriatle âmil oldılar. Muhammed Şah babası makamında karar<br />

eyledi. Amma hali şöyle oldı ki vardıkça ehl-i hevâ oldı. Râfizî tâyifesi meclisinde kesretle cem olur<br />

oldılar. Ulema ve süleha meclisinden i’raz eyledi. Cehlinin bu vecihle cemiyyetinden Muhammed Şaha<br />

gaza hatırası düşdi. Bu sevdayla birkaç defa gaza eyledi.” Halet Efendi, 818, f. 97b.<br />

504 Bālī Efendi again makes a mistake. Junayd had to pass through Shirvan in order to raid Georgia.<br />

Shirvanshah Khalil did not permit him to pass through his territories, thus broke out the war between two<br />

sides, which cost Junayd at his life.<br />

505 “Muhammed Şah fevt oldı. Oğlı Cüneyd yerine geçdi. Muhammed Şahın muhibbi olanlar Cüneyd’in<br />

başına çökdüler. Cüneyd dahi gazā hevāsıyla birkaç defa eşdi yurtdı. Gazası rast gelmekle eyu ve yatlu<br />

katına kesretle cem’ oldı. Bir defa dahi cem’ oldılar, Acemden geçüp Gürciye gaza itmeğe destur dilediler.<br />

Padişah destur verdi vüzerādan birisi razı olmadı. ‘Padişahım bu tāyifenin cemiyyeti eyu adla söylenmez.<br />

Ben kulun varub göreyin ne tayifedür.’ Padişah emrile vardı gördü ol tayife temam dalālet üzere. Geldi<br />

padişaha haber virdi. ‘Bu nice şeyhdür içlerinde ehl-i ilim yok ve sülehā yok cümlesi ehl-i hevā ve ehl-i<br />

fesaddur. Bu cemiyyeti dağıtmak vacibdür. Ansızın hücum idecek olursa def idince çok ziyan olur.’ didi.<br />

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