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enemies of the religion (din düşmanları). When narrating the death of Karagöz Pasha in
the battle of Kütahya, Hoca Saadeddin deems his death in the hands of these ‘enemies of
the religion’ as proof of his highly appreciated place in Heaven. 1177 Somewhere else he
describes rebels as tramps with naked feet and hatless heads, who took off the yoke of
obedience from their necks. 1178
After narrating how Ismail interrogated and punished the leaders of the rebellion,
Hoca Saadeddin records that some people of the rebellious group were set free with their
women and children. 1179 This phrase suggests that there were women and children in the
camp of the rebellious qizilbashes as well. In a similar vein, Ebu’l-Fadl Mehmed Efendi
records that after defeating Karagöz Pasha’s commander Nokta on April 16, 1511,
20.000 müfsids entered Burdur with their families, properties and animals. 1180 Tekindağ
states on the authority of Kemalpashazāde that during the engagement between Ali
Pasha and Şahkulu in Çubuk the families and children of qizilbashes also attended the
battle. 1181
As a result, considerable portion of the rebels, if not all, left their homeland with
their families, which obviously reflects the fact that their hope of a sustainable life in the
gurur rüzgārı ile tutuşturarmak için nice ‘kötü yaradılışlıları’ da kendilerine uydurmuşlardı...” HSE4, p.
44.
1177 “... ahiret yurdunda değeri ölçüsüne bu din düşmanları eliyle öldürülmesi kanıt oldu.” HSE4, p. 45.
1178 HSE re-phrases Ali Pasha’s words about qizilbash rebels. Upon learning the defeat of Karagoz, Pasha
Ali Pasha, who was not willing to agree on the achievement of rebels, interpreted the defeat as a result of
improvidence of local governors. He said, “Bütün bu olanlar beylerbeyilerin yüreksizliklerindendir.
Birkaç Teke Türkü’nün nice hakkından gelemezler. Yohsa başı kabak, ayağı çıplak haylazların neleri var
ki boyunlarındaki bağlılık tokunu çıkartub başkaldıralar ve bunca zarara cesaret ideler.” HSE4, p. 47.
1179 HSE4, p. 68.
1180 Ebu’l-Fadl Medmed Efendi, Selimşāh-nāme, Lālā Đsmail Efendi Kütüphanesi, no. 348, f. 48a. Cited in
Tekindağ, “Şahkulu Baba Tekeli Đsyanı”, Belgelerle Türk Tarihi Dergisi, 4, 1959, p. 54.
1181 “Bir düz yerde müdevver bir hendek-i amik edüb, harbgāh durmuşlar imiş. Paşa’nın erdüğün görüb
ānı ol hendeğin içine tir ü tüfenge māyil tedbirin itmekiçün, olayı tamam bir nice bin deve çökerdiler, dahī
kamu mühmelāt-ı evrāt ve ebnā vü benātiyle içine girüb tahassun eylediler, gāfilāne cümle etfāl ve
avrātıyle ol develer ardından cenge hazır hazır oldılar...” Đbn Kemal, Selim-nāme, Hazine Ktp., no. 1424,
f. 25b. Cited and quoted in Tekindağ, “Şahkulu Baba Tekeli Đsyanı”, Belgelerle Türk Tarihi Dergisi, 4,
1959, p. 58.
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