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TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT…………………………………………………………………….... iii ÖZET...................................................................................................................... v ACKNOWLEDGEMENT……………………………………………………… vii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS……………………………………………………. ix NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION………………………………………………. xiii TABLE OF CONTENTS……………………………………………………….. xv CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION……………………………………………… 1 1.1. Literature…………………………………………………………… 9 1.2. Sources……………………………………………………………... 16 CHAPTER II: A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: A DISCUSSION ON THE NATURE OF TRIBE AND STATE…………………… 34 2.1. Bureaucratic State vs. Tribal Organization…………………..… 34 2.2. The Evolution of the State in the Middle East: From Tribal Chieftaincy to Bureaucratic Empire………………………… .. 57 CHAPTER III: TURKOMANS AND THE OTTOMANS: FROM SYMBIOSIS TO ALIENATION…………………………… 63 3.1. The Socio-religious Set up of the Early Ottoman Society……… 67 3.2. The Formation of the State and the Rise of the Ottoman Imperial Regime…………………………………………………………. 87 3.3. Ottoman Regime’sDiscontents………………………………… 121 3.4. Conclusion……………………………………………………….. 148 CHAPTER IV: TURKOMANS AND THE SAFAVIDS: FUSION OF xv
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Page 5 and 6: ABSTRACT TURKOMANS BETWEEN TWO EMPI
Page 7 and 8: ÖZET ĐKĐ ĐMPARATORLUK ARASINDA
Page 9 and 10: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Before everything
Page 11 and 12: LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AA Eskandar B
Page 13 and 14: Selim-nâme Literature, Berlin: Kla
Page 15: NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION Source mate
Page 19 and 20: 8.4. The Persecution of Anatolian Q
Page 21 and 22: and feeding the qizilbash sentiment
Page 23 and 24: Needless to say, the emergence, mol
Page 25 and 26: accumulation of power soon made the
Page 27 and 28: glories of the Ottoman army. Toward
Page 29 and 30: in the second half of the sixteenth
Page 31 and 32: the role of the Sufis of Lāhijan i
Page 33 and 34: Çağatay Uluçay’s three article
Page 35 and 36: Lastly, as for the main characteris
Page 37 and 38: no.790. The whole collection has be
Page 39 and 40: of this last section is open to spe
Page 41 and 42: struggle between two powers is refl
Page 43 and 44: Selim to the throne in April 24, 15
Page 45 and 46: Apart from these Selim-nāmes, Hayd
Page 47 and 48: 1.2.2. Safavid Sources The Safavid
Page 49 and 50: above. More interesting is that the
Page 51 and 52: 1.2.3. Italian Sources When Shah Is
Page 53 and 54: CHAPTER II A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK:
Page 55 and 56: settled tribes in several parts of
Page 57 and 58: were alien. These sedentary neighbo
Page 59 and 60: So, in Barfield’s terminology, th
Page 61 and 62: elations on kinship basis. 105 The
Page 63 and 64: a map of real blood bonds. He notif
Page 65 and 66: economic dependence on non-tribal s
Page 67 and 68:
Furthermore, the office, an imperso
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shown, for the purpose of the prese
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in tribal or sub-tribal societies b
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community to whom he/she belongs. I
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One other substantial basis subsidi
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along with many other historians an
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Let us rob them together. But if yo
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ureaucracy, and sophisticated socia
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One may safely argue that the proce
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transformation of the beylik from t
Page 87 and 88:
interconnected, for the tribal warr
Page 89 and 90:
groups merged in time and turned in
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On the other hand, reliable sources
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end of the fourteenth century or in
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hagiographies 203 genuinely reflect
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Turkoman begs. On one occasion Osma
Page 99 and 100:
Umur and said, “From now on call
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friend of Kızıldeli amongst the f
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creed was a syncretism composed of
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ather it merged into the Bektashi O
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One should note that in the late th
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Indeed, in the first half of the fo
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Turkoman warriors to Osman’s ento
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Ottomans took advantage of sedentar
Page 115 and 116:
organized on tribal basis, but loya
Page 117 and 118:
army. Orhan learns the method from
Page 119 and 120:
the Turkish language and culture. A
Page 121 and 122:
One should also note that the Janis
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dynasty. 277 Aşıkpaşazāde’s e
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3.2.2. The Rise of the Ottoman Elit
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and other danişmends as immediate
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Comes either for a hope of a minist
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statesmen appeared in the course of
Page 133 and 134:
the realm” or “nizām-ı ālem
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As Đnalcık formulized long ago, t
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made it difficult to govern them. 3
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paradoxically constitutes one of th
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useless, even harmful, act and rega
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to transform the state still bearin
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to obey the law, Rüstem, replies:
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Most of the events mentioned in the
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period, and tribal chiefs. However,
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of the empire; their loyal akıncı
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of foremost akıncı dynasties like
Page 155 and 156:
historians employ the term ‘Türk
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transformed into modest ‘re’āy
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Turgutlu tribe. 365 As will be deli
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the death of Kasım Beg, his comman
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Contemporary sources clearly indica
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As already delineated, Mehmed II fi
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3.4. CONCLUSION By the second half
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CHAPTER IV TURKOMANS AND THE SAFAVI
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write a satisfactory history of the
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Safa offers plentiful information a
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lessings of His Holy Exhalations!)
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“région turcophone”. 432 Despi
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dignity of Aaron (Hārūn) the magn
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prisoners, upon becoming Safavid di
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siege, Timur’s forces managed to
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far. 469 During Shaykh Ibrahim’s
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4.2. SHAYKH JUNAYD (1447-1460): TUR
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to Shah Ismail and his descendants.
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devoted to explaining how this tran
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einforced by marrying with the daug
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Mohammedan law, oppressing learned
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A comprehensive risāle preserved i
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according to the anonymous writer,
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the following pages I will analyze,
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Shaikh Safī’s children, the whol
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literature, which is summarized abo
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Ardabil and with his disciples in o
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historians that the Ottomans dispat
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on Erzincan and Sivas; the latter,
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that the copied books were availabl
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of the four true sects, in which sh
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Haydar, and Shah Ismā’īl merely
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However, the foot-prints of this do
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mastership or merit in Sufism. Furt
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strong foot-hold among them. Warrio
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danger only by leaving behind all h
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first in 1335 and second in 1348. 5
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So, putting these two facts togethe
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4.2.4.5. The Aqqoyunlu Palace: Legi
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Junayd to legitimize his already em
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manner against Shaykh Junayd, but h
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4.3. SHAYKH HAYDAR (1460-1488): THE
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tune down the devoted extremism tha
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subjects.” 649 Khunjī goes furth
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was the customary gear in those day
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was in 1484 and the Shaykh’s real
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Then Farruhyasar finished his lette
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avoid one’s fate.” 692 Likewise
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“especially [with] his lieutenant
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‘savage-like’ pastoral nomads a
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looked upon the shaykh as their qib
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Despites all his sunni biases, his
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during the Haydar’s term as well.
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temporal and spiritual authority; t
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‘new’ here is nothing other tha
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5.1. THE CONCEALMENT PERIOD: PREPER
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in 1493, he welcomed them in Tabriz
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other things, but since they were n
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his enemies with 300 qizilbash devo
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Ismail stayed approximately four an
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maintaining the communication and n
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5.1.3. The Advent (Hurūj) of Ismai
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account; but mistakenly narrates as
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The anonymous author then recites t
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servants to bring his own sword, wh
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would conquer all Iran and Azarbaij
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5.2. ISMAIL’S ASCENDANCE TO POWER
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eği kaçdı. Tebriz’i yağma etd
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of Jahanshah Karakoyunlu, in Gökç
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communication between fighting qizi
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Abdi Beg Shamlu with 200 and 300 fi
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quelques caractéristiques typiquem
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eign of Shah Ismail, married the si
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traditional structure, who were not
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arriving group (tribe or oymaq) and
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ody of the Safavid army. Each han a
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power. 934 By pretending so, Ismail
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such as Muhammad Han Ustaclu, Abdi
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education and training, their privi
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father of Muhammad Han Ustaclu, fel
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5.2.3. Ismail’s Second War: the T
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Alvand Mirza barely managed to flee
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Muhammad Zakariya, who had been the
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not one of them alive!” 987 As Br
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those great āmirs during both batt
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kurmışlardı. Zalām-ı şām-ı
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a messenger to the governor of Siva
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Eyle olsa ol taifenin hakikat-i hā
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Zamanla akrabası demin dava etmekd
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communication with the other side,
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terms usually nomadic tribes becaus
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Kemalpaşazāde reports that some o
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were confused about the disciples o
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villages became devoid of people. 1
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evenue sources remained the same. A
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Side (Şark Cānibi), i.e. Iran. 10
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argues that the real reason of Isma
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Nonetheless, the connection between
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the Ottoman Empire 1086 , to protes
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capture some principal Dulkadir for
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who was found on the way going to I
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military measures in eastern provin
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confront Ismail’s forces. 1117 Ho
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The Ottomans, on the other hand, ke
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not the Ottomans. This being the ca
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ground for the enthronement of Seli
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stratified social structure on top
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According to the Ottoman court hist
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doomsday’. 1158 The people of Ana
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igorously deem both Ismail and the
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the command of Karagöz Pasha and s
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Ottoman realm had totally vanished;
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only the temporal benefits offered
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is that they set fire to even cāmi
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messianism. 1203 It is not coincide
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to the aforesaid Il he performed ma
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According to Hasan-ı Rumlu, Şahku
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sermon. During his sermon the shayk
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of the Order. One feels legitimized
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We learn from this document that Ş
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khalifas, launch a campaign on Otto
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the framework of the Ottoman domest
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disease and fell devoid of timar.
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Kızıloğlu, Köleoğlu, Mehmed Be
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eport that Şahkulu’s force was r
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At the beginning, Şahkulu gathered
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the rebellion clearly reveal his ul
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successfully created a revolutionar
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to convince the head of the Janissa
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against his two brothers. Ahmed dem
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governors and of Karagöz Pasha, bu
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strongly believed in suppressing th
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arrival of a messenger from the Por
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soldiers behind; 1347 he chose 500
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he was not killed and did not go to
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and arrived there before the Anatol
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the otaga on and prostrated ‘acco
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As for the first one, one may attri
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Kütahya seems to be the turning po
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Show me a small corner of hospice s
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CHAPTER VII THE QIZILBASH FACTOR IN
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Although one might partially attrib
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diplomacy and some other with coerc
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7.1.3. Second Confrontation: Assaul
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olub ol senkīn kayalardan çıkub,
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Another aspect of Selim-Ismail stru
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was appointed as governor of Kefe.
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was at the same time regarded as th
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Ahmed in such a degree that Ahmed
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that his valuable activities were n
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should be remembered that Ahmed was
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Vizier Ali Pasha was assigned to su
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August 3, 1511 (Cemāzī I 8, 911).
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not yet attached to Qizilbash movem
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would be the next sultan, their est
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and old age while his subjects fell
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Istanbul throughout his journey. As
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an oath that they would accept the
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But the most effective branch of Ot
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sultan 1551 , the Janissaries’ di
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Ahmed began to behave as if he had
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instead of Amasya can be accounted
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however, different. After Selim pro
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were the champions of the oppositio
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Janissaries, there was another mili
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Taceddin Beg, who was the Karaman B
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ve yardım ona kılsun kim inşaall
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7.2.3. Prince Murad, Nur Ali Khalif
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qizilbashes of Anatolia had conside
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Sultan Ahmed sent troops against th
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According to Idrīs, and some other
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Shah. Celalzāde says, on the other
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included him in his suit. Then they
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yağmaladıkları mukarrer. Sultan
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governor of Sivas. 1639 So Kemalpa
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meantime, two Safavid khalifs, Şah
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ādem cem’ idüb Sultan Musa üze
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Mehmed’s letter clarifies two cru
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Şadi Beg says that Ismail warned D
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next spring. The qizilbash propagan
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Dulkadir. 1679 Of course Taş-ili,
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this idea and tore the letter from
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CHAPTER VIII ÇALDIRAN, 1514: THE A
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disclaim their tendency since the o
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strong public expectations indicate
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saru renkden ihtirāz olundığı g
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group. Indeed, the Ottoman sultans
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Selim-nāme authors unanimously nar
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Selim, as reflected in Şükrī’s
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Idrīs also emphasizes this point a
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advises Sultan Selim that the ‘re
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he blamed the statesmen and the sch
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also appears another word which wou
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Solakzāde states that Ismail made
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their opinion about the legitimacy
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to the statesmen as participants of
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the qizilbashes and dispersing them
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sentiments among the Ottoman elite
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it repeats the name of the author,
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about the identity of Hamza. He cla
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or ‘Mevlāna Arab’. 1786 His fa
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mission for himself. Taşköprizād
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fanatic anti-qizilbash stand was li
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already discussed the despising att
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of ulemā must have written fetvās
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that Süleyman I waged a campaign o
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damned until doomsday.” 1817 Then
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population. 1821 Although this rati
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the people to be killed. The number
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egister, he would be aware of the s
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Lütfi Çelebi veled-i Bazarluoğlu
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Dülbendbastı Ali Amasiyye Ahmed .
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qizilbash movements, and those who
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Kasım (?) Karye-i Hallar Torul cen
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joining Shah Ismail’s suite durin
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ut also from its content reflecting
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to the faces of Muslims, fused the
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Rumelia to Anatolia where they coop
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however, provisional anxieties were
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my intentions in the beginning of m
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Ismail’s letter annoyed Selim so
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hunger and thirst! 1900 The situati
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Then Sultan Selim favored this sugg
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efore the Ottomans had time to comp
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miğfer ve cevşen ü siper māni
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made to marry Tāc-zāde Cafer Chel
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CHAPTER IX THE AFTERMATH: THE WANIN
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important consequence was that it b
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defeat of Çaldıran, the qizilbash
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These contemporary accounts clearly
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abandoned in practice their unquest
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depersonalization of political auth
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development marked a decisive step
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Khalifa, just like the office of ā
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Muhammad Hudabende; the post of lal
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success emerged. Nonetheless, none
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Temam, when Sultan Selim proceeded
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community within the Ottoman Empire
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egion. 2016 Thenceforth, ‘unortho
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the fading of the political and mil
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lead. 2024 The vakıf of the tekke
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administration tolerated and even e
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social units maintaining a low degr
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CHAPTER X CONCLUSION In the broades
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is obvious that the expansion of th
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synthesized at the cross-section of
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as major ‘qizilbash zones’ and
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territories, from then on the qizil
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Mehmed b. Mehmed el-Fenārī eş-ş
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Feridun Bey, Münşeât-ı Selātin
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Menâkıb-ı Sultan Bayezid Han, Bi
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Tevarih-i Al-i Osman (Die altosmani
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Aslanoğlu, Đbrahim, Şah Đsmail
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Bacqué-Grammont, Jean-Louis, “Sa
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Baykara, Tuncay, “Yatağan’da A
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Cahen, Claude, “Le problème du S
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Eberhard, Elke, Osmanische Polemik
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Fisher, Sydney Nettleton,The Foreig
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Gölpınarlı, Abdülbaki, “Fazlu
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Đnalcık, Halil, "Osmanlılar’da
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and Society, Bloomington: Indiana U
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Kissling, “Osmanlı Đmparatorlu
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Lindner, Rudi Paul, Nomads and Otto
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Mélikoff, Irène, “La Montagne e
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Newman, Andrew, “The Myth of Cler
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Ocak, Ahmet Yaşar, “Syncrétisme
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Pastoral Production and Societies,
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Sarıkaya, Saffet, XIII-XVI. Asırl
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Stephane Yérasimos, La Foundation
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Tapper, Richard, “Anthropologists
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Ünal, Mehmet Ali, XVI. Yüzyılda
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APPENDIX A: CHRONOLOGY 1326 The dea
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1505 Ismail's ambassador in Istanbu
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APPENDIX B: A SELECT LIST OF DOCUME
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E 5483 Halep Melikü'l-ümerası Ha
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E 6384 Sadi Paşa'nın isyancılar
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E 8350 E 8505 E 8758 E 8922 E 8923
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