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Selim crossed over to Rumelia. 1270 Kemalpaşazāde records that Korkud so hastened to
move to Saruhan that he left Antalya at night, leaving his treasury and possessions to be
brought later by his men. His hurry, on the other hand, made the people think that
Bayezid II had died. 1271 The qizilbash population of the region, who had been prepared
for a rebellion for a while, decided to rise up under the leadership of Şahkulu. 1272
Kemalpaşazāde says the sufis of the region communicated with each other and the revolt
broke out. His account reads,
[Korkud] Saruhan vilāyetine ... gitmeğe niyet itdi; ahmāl-i eşkāl ve hazā’in ü
emvāl üzerine kapusı halından bir mikdar ādem koyub, kendüsi ziyāde
isti’calinden gice ile çıkdı gitdi. Ol havālide olan evbāş-ı kallāş böyle acele ile
gitmeden Hazreti Hüdāvendigār vefat itdi sanub, ‘isyān izhār itdiler; Şehzādenün
hazā’in ü emvāline taarruz kasd itdüklerinde ol hizmete mübāşir olanlar
muharebeye ikdām idüb muhkem kārzār itdiler. 1273 ...Sultan Korkud gice ile
Antalya’dan çıkub gitdüğin görüb fırsatdur diyu hurūç itdiler. Kendülere
muvafakat itmeyen müslümanlarun malların ve esbābların gāret kılub zirve-i
‘isyāna ‘urūc itdiler. 1274
427. Among modern writers, Tansel deems the same factor among the reasons that forced Korkud to leave
Antalya. Tansel also callas attention to the fact that Korkud’s primary concern was to get closer to the
capital city in order to augment his change in a possible struggle between princes. See TNSB, p. 249.
1270 ALI, p. 927; SLZ1, pp. 444-45. CLZ does not mention Selim in this context. To him, Korkud left
Antalya because he heard that Ahmed left Amasya and arrived in Karaman. At the end, the Porte had to
approve Korkud’s usurpation. In one of his letters to the Porte, for example, he expresses dissatisfaction
with the appointment of certain Isa Fakih to the defterdārship of his province Saruhan. See ULCY1, p. 60,
footnote 9. On the other hand, Prince Ahmed got angry with the rebellious movements of his brothers. As
mentioned before, he decided to punish both Korkud and Selim; but the Porte prevented him from doing
that. His later demands in this province leave no doubt about the main incentive of Korkud in moving
from Antalya. He further requested some coastal cities on Aegean Sea in order to arrive easily at the
capital city when opportunity appears. For his letters demanding Bergama see ULCY1, p. 61, footnote 10.
1271 KPZ8b, p. 42. CLZ recites events in a similar fashion: “...Etrāf u cevānibde olan şehzādeler harekāt ve
inkılāb itmekle, ehāli-yi memleket ve vilāyet ayak üzere gelüb...” CLZ, p. 120. Also regard ANMB, p. 173.
Later historians repeat this claim as well. HSE says, for example, “Şehzādenin olağandışı yola çıkıp
gidişini görücek ay gibi tün yolculuğu etmesinden saltanat göğü güneşinin battığı kanısına vardılar ve
başkaldırıp fesād doruğuna doğru çıktılar. Dokuy yüz on altı Muharreminin onuncu gününde (19 Nisan
1510). [This date is obviously mistaken. It must be 917 instead of 916. Alevī töresine göre toplanarak
Şahkulu sanıyla tanınan bir aşağılık herifi kendilerine baş ve buğ ettiler.” HSE4, p. 43. MNB replicates
HSE but gives the year correctly as 917. Also regard ALI, p. 927; SLZ1, p. 445; MNB, p. 428. Among
historians of the seventeenth-century, MNB follows HSE and SLZ follows ALI in regard to Şahkulu
affairs.
1272 CLZ, p. 120.
1273 KPZ8b, p. 42. KPZ records this event occurred in early months of 917 / 1511 (evāil-i 917)
1274 KPZ8b, p. 43.
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