TURKOMANS BETWEEN TWO EMPIRES: THE ... - Bilkent University

Zamanla akrabası demin dava etmekde hazer eylemeyeler. Emr-i şerifim budur
ki ol asıl sufilerden her kim siyāseten salb oluna hiç bir zamanda anun demi
hususunda olan dava mesmû’ olmaya. Şöyle ki atabe-i alem-penahımdan gelüb
bir suretle teftişe hükm dahı alurlar ise, ol hükümle dahı amel olunmaya. Elbette
elbette dutulan sufi siyaset içün salb olup emrüm yerine varmak gerekdür. 1015
Another edict dated evāhir-i Zilhicce 906 (July 7-17, 1501) was addressed to
Prince Ahmed, the governor of Amasya. It includes three orders, two of which were
directly linked to the qizilbash affairs. The first is related to a spy report on the affairs of
Ismail and Akkoyunlu that had already been sent by Ahmed to Istanbul. Ahmed reported
that Shah Ismail resided on the other side of the river Kur; there appeared epidemic in
farms of Shirvan; Akkoyunlu resided on this side of the river and controlled gateways.
The central government orders Ahmed to collect further information on these affairs and
to report to the Porte. 1016
The second decree is quite interesting. It is stated in the decree that they (central
government) received a letter from the governor of Karahisar. The governor reported in
his letter that certain Zinnūn Beg among the begs of the East sent a messenger to him
explaining Zinnūn’s request to take refuge in the Porte (āsitāne-i saādet). The central
government states that Zinnūn’s request would be refused since they had warm relations
sultan était entravée, au moins pour une part, par les règles en vigueur dans le milieu tribal.” See Veinstein
“Les premières mesures”, p. 234. But his approach is open to criticism. It must be rather assessed within
the framework of the Ottoman-Safavid political rivalry. As a matter of fact, we do not see such harsh
measures against tribal groups in the other parts of the empire. In this case the judicial base of the Ottoman
policy lays in the concept of rebel and heresy rather than tribal affairs.
1015 See Ahkām Defteri, pp. 78-9, decree 281.
1016 “Şimdiki hālde dergāh-ı mu’allāma mektub ve ādem gönderüb Yuraru Şark diyārına gönderilen
ādemden biri gelüb: “Sufi tāifesi Kür suyınun öte kenarında oturub Şirvan vilayetinün ekin yörür
ovalarında taun hastalığı vāki’ olub, Akkoyunlu bu canibde oturub memerrleri hıfz iderler” diyu
bildürmüş, malum oldı. Eyle olsa gerekdür ki bundan böyle dahī dāim yarar ādemler gönderüb tecessüs
itdürüb hakikat-ı hāl ne vechile zahir olursa yazub dergāh-ı ālem-penāhıma i’lām idesiz!” See Ahkām
Defteri, p. 125, decree 453.
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