Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the Seventeenth Century, Vol. II — John Shaqi
Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the Seventeenth Century, Vol. IIEvliya Çelebi
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Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the Seventeenth Century, Vol. II
Evliya Çelebi
Caucasus, South -- Description and travel; Istanbul (Turkey) -- Description and travel; Turkey -- History
Hájí Begtásh of Khorassán was the son of the Seyyid Ibrahím Mokerrem,
who died in the prison of Merván, as it has been just said, and there
is no doubt of his descent in direct lineage from the Prophet; the
history of Ain Alí gives, however, the following genealogy: Seyyid
Mohammed Hájí Begtásh, the son of Seyyid Músá Nishabúrí, son of Seyyid
Ishak Essákin, son of Seyyid Ibrahím Mokerrem El-askerí, son of Seyyid
Mússa Ebí Sebha, son of Seyyid Ibrahím Elmurteza, son of Imám Músa
Alkázim, who had thirty-seven children. Hájí Begtásh’s father left
Khorassán after his father’s death and established himself at Nishabúr,
where he married Khatmeh the daughter of Sheikh Ahmed and by her had
Hájí Begtásh. While yet a boy he was distinguished for his devotion,
and was entrusted to the care of Lokmán, one of the disciples of Ahmed
Yessúí, from whom he learned the exoteric and esoteric sciences. Lokmán
had been invested with the religious habit of Imám Ja’fer by the hand
of Báyazíd Bostámí. With this habit Lokmán invested Hájí Begtásh. This
is the crown or turban which has twelve folds in remembrance of the
twelve Imáms, and the white abbá with sleeves like a jubbeh, which
is worn by the Dervishes of the order of Begtásh. By order of Ahmed
Yessúí he accompanied Mohammed Bokhara Sáltik with seven hundred men,
Shems-ud-dín Tebrízí, Mohay-ud-dín Al-arebí, Kárí Ahmed Sultán, and
other pious men and Saints into Rúm, where the Ottoman dynasty took its
rise.
Hájí Begtásh instituted the new militia called Yenícherí, and having
established his seven hundred disciples in the towns conquered by
Sultán Orkhán, he sent Mohammed Bokhara Sárí Sáltik into Dobrúja,
Wallachia, Moldavia, Poland and Russia. The seven hundred convents
of Dervishes, Begtáshí, which actually exist in Turkey, are derived
from the seven hundred disciples of Hájí Begtásh. Hájí Begtásh died in
Sultán Orkhán’s reign, and was buried in his presence in the capital of
Crimea, where a Tátár princess raised a monument over his tomb. This
monument having fallen into decay Sheitán Murád, a Beg of Cæsarea of
Sultán Súleimán’s time, restored and covered it with lead. If it please
God we shall describe it in its proper place. Sheikh Seyyid Ahmed
Ruffa’í, buried at Ladika near Amasia. Sheikh Hassan Rufa’í, buried at
Tokát near Sunbullí, was the nephew of the former. Sheikh Geigli Bábá
was a Dervish of the Begtáshís. Sheikh Kárá Ahmed Sultán a Persian
prince, who when on his travels came to Sultán Orkhán, was initiated by
Hájí Begtásh, and is buried at Ak-hissár. Sheikh Abdál Mússa Súltán,
and Sheikh Abdál Murád, both of Sultán Orkhán’s time.
_Short account of Sultán Murád I._
He gave caps (Úskúfa) to the janissaries, embroidered with gold; built
a mosque at Bilejk, another mosque at Brússa and a convent for Postín
Púsh Bábá. He was assassinated in the year 791, after the battle of
Khassova, by Milosh Kúblakí. A cupola is erected over the spot, which
was renewed by my gracious Lord Melek Ahmed Páshá.
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