Some Documents Belonging to Od̲j̲aḳ of Koluaçık Hacım Sultan: Id̲j̲āza, Biatnāme, Velāyetnāme

Koluaçık Hacım Sultan Ocağına Ait Bazı Belgeler: İcâzet-nâme, Biat-nâme, Velâyet-nâme

Abstract

Koluaçık Hacım Sultan (lived in 14th century) is one of the prominent caliphs of Ḥācī Bektāş Velī and assigned to guide people in Germiyan province. Although there are many rumors about the legendary life of him, the chronicles don’t contain enough information about his historical personality and family. On the other hand, it is known that the families (Hüseyinoğulları/Leğenuşağı/Leviuşağı) who are descendants of Koluaçık Hacım Sultan, have played an active role in the religious life of Aleppo Turkmens - specially the Karacali obas since 16th century. Although the members of the Od̲j̲aḳ have various documents related to the history and practices of the Od̲j̲ak, there was no research/study contributing these documents to the literature. In this context,it is evaluated that by examining various documents meaningful results can be obtained in terms of understanding the perception of faith, as well as contributing to the elimination of a gap in this area. Therefore, I will focus on id̲j̲āzas dated 1815 and 1843, a manuscript about initiation rituals applied in this Od̲j̲aḳ and a Velāyetnāme of Hacım Sultan, was coppied in 1898 with qualitative research and document inspection methods. In this context, I will translate into Latin letters and review the Id̲j̲āzas and document on initiation rituels and review the context of them, and introduce this newly discovered copy of the Velāyetnāme. As a result of the study, based on the history and documents of this Od̲j̲aḳ, I will evaluate the events after the prohibition of Bektashism in 1826.

Keywords: Bektās̲h̲iyya, Hacım Sultan’s Od̲j̲aḳ, Id̲j̲āza, Initiation Rituals, Velāyetnāme of Hacım Sultan.