Malkoçoğlu Balı Bey

Yahyapaşazade
Malkoçoğlu Balı
Bey
Born 1495
Died 1548
Allegiance  Ottoman Empire
Rank Beylerbey
Battles/wars Battle of Mohács

Yahyapaşazade Malkoçoğlu Balı Bey or Malkoçoğlu Balı Bey (1495–1548), was an Ottoman soldier under the rule of Suleiman the Magnificent. Balı Bey attained the great fame for the important part he played at the Battle of Mohács in 1526. Late he served as the Beylerbey of Buda.[1] Balı Bey was the commander of akıncı[2] and gazis.[3]

Family

The Battle of Maritsa (1371) was a disaster for the Serbian Empire, which resulted in several Serbian and Bulgarian lords becoming Ottoman vassals. Malkoçoğlu family (Malkočević) were an akıncı family who are descendants of an akıncı bey of Turkic origin, Malkoç Bey, they were served mainly in the Balkan conquest of the empire from the beginning of the reign of Murad I. [4] Malkoç Bey, the eponymous founder of Turkic origin, he was one of the commanders of Sultan Murad I and Bayezid I, fighting at Kosovo (1389) and at Nicopolis (1396).[4]

Except Malkoçoğulları, also Evrenosoğulları, Mihaloğulları and Turahanoğlu family were akıncı families made up the ghazi (war veteran) nobility.[5] The akıncı were one of the first divisions to face the opposing military and were known for their prowess in battle. Unpaid they lived and operated as raiders on the frontiers of the Ottoman Empire, subsisting totally on plunder. Balı Bey was the elder brother of Yahyapaşazade Malkoçoğlu Mehmet Bey. His father was Malkoçoğlu Yaya Pasha who had served as Beylerbeyi of Anatolia and Rumelia and attained the rank of vizier, marrying a daughter of Bayezid II, thus making him Bayezid's grandson.[1]

Legacy

He was portrayed by model and actor Burak Özçivit in Muhteşem Yüzyıl.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Bietenholz, P.G.; Deutscher, T.B. (2003). Contemporaries of Erasmus: A Biographical Register of the Renaissance and Reformation. University of Toronto Press. pp. 1–423. ISBN 9780802085771. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
  2. ↑ Mülayim, S.; Matthews, J. H.; Akad, T. (1996). Nevşehir. Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
  3. ↑ Yürekli, Z. (2012). Architecture and Hagiography in the Ottoman Empire: The Politics of Bektashi Shrines in the Classical Age. Ashgate Publishing, Limited. ISBN 9781409483991. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
  4. 1 2 Kaya, S., Tanzimat Dönemi Osmanlı Ordusu (1839-1876), Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Tarih Anabilim Dalı Yüksek Lisans Tezi, 2005. URL:http://kybele.anadolu.edu.tr/tezler/2005/338517.pdf, Erişim: 8 Aralık 2011. (Arşiv: WebCite® http://www.webcitation.org/63lVrKfsh)
  5. ↑ Mélikoff, I. (1991). "Ewrenos". Encyclopaedia of Islam II (2nd ed.). Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 720.
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