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soldiers behind; 1347 he chose 500 janissaries 1348 and mounted them on horses. In<br />

addition, some cavalrymen from Karaman and Rum soldiers also joined him. Ali Pasha<br />

left Ahmed behind 1349 and followed Şahkulu with these few soldiers. 1350<br />

Şahkulu moved westward. But Ali Pasha managed to catch the rebels in Çubuk<br />

near Sivas. 1351 Kemalpaşazāde states that the rebels were exhausted and were not<br />

inclined to fight with Ali Pasha. But realizing that the soldiers of Ali Pasha were fewer<br />

than the half of them they decided to fight. 1352 Furthermore, Ali Pasha did not wait to<br />

summon whole of his soldiers, but immediately assaulted Şahkulu on Rebī II 5, 917<br />

(July 2, 1511). 1353 This improvidence, however, would cost him his life. 1354 The battle<br />

1347<br />

His words as reformulated in Celalzāde’s Selimnāme shows how he underestimated and despised<br />

qizilbashes: “...Kendü emsāli mukārin ve musāhipleri ile ittifāk itdiler ki ardına düşdüğümüz düşmene ne<br />

i’tibār, bir bölük murdār cimrīler, Türkler, Kızılbaşlardur, kaçdılar. Hemān piyāde olan yeniçerilerden<br />

bir mikdārını atlandurup müfsīdleri kaçurmıyalum, deyü tedbir itdiler...” CLZ, p. 132. KPZ’s account<br />

sheds light to the psychology of Ali Pasha: “Haber geldi ki ol gümrāhlar Karaman cānibine hücūm idüb<br />

Haydar Paşa ile olan askerle mukābil olub, ol iki bin kişi tārumār olub, Haydar Paşa şehādet mertebesin<br />

bulur. Ali Paşa bu haberi işidicek şikārın aldırmış şāhin gibi serm-sār düşer, fi’l-hāl kapu halkından ve<br />

Yeniçeri tāifesinden ve sāir erbāb-ı timardan ılgara iktidarı olanı cem’ ider, mezkūrların ‘akablarınca<br />

kovub...” See KPZ8b, p. 54.<br />

1348<br />

According to ALI 1.000 janissaries.<br />

1349<br />

TSA, document E. 2667. Partly published in ULCY1, pp. 71-2, footnote, 24. According to a letter of<br />

Ahmed, he killed the rest of qizilbashes who took shelter on the mountains: “…badehu bu muhibleri<br />

Hisardağı demekle puhte ki suubetle meşhurdur ol bi-dinin bazı feceresi ana sığınmışlar imiş ve andan<br />

gayrı bir nice puhtelerin fethine birkaç gün tevakkuf edüb bi-inayetillahi teala hüdavendigar devletinde<br />

feth olunub cümle puhteler ve perakende dağlarda tutulan üç bin mikdarı kızılbaş melayin kılıçdan<br />

geçdikden sonra…” TSA, document E. 3062. ALI says, Ahmed returned to his province since he was<br />

disappointed with the disobedience of kuls (kapu halkı). See ALI, p. 929.<br />

1350<br />

Prince Ahmed killed some qizilbashes left on Hisardağı and moved to Afyon with the rest of army.<br />

ULCY1, p. 72; TNSB, p. 255.<br />

1351<br />

ULCY1, p. 72. KPZ mentions this place as Sarmısaklı while Idris-i Bitlisī, HSE, and MNB recount as<br />

Gökçay, and ALI as Sarmaşlık. See KPZ8b, p. 54; IDR, p. 88; HSE4, p. 61; ALI, p. 929; MNB, p.431.<br />

SLZ recites as Gökhan. See SLZ1, p. 453.<br />

1352<br />

KPZ8b, p. 54.<br />

1353<br />

ULCY1, p. 72. Consider also CLZ, pp. 133-4.<br />

1354<br />

“...Milk-i Rūma düstūr-ı vakūr iken nā-dānlıkla birkaç meşhūr cimrinin elinde helāk, eyvān-ı felekāşiyān-ı<br />

Osmānīde Asaf-mekān iken, bilmezlikle birkaç bī-din ü bī-insāfların destinde pāymāl-ı kabza-i<br />

hāk oldı...” CLZ, p. 136. HSE depics the death of Ali Pasha in hands of qizilbashes in quite an ironic<br />

manner:<br />

“Yer yer Paşamız düşman ile idüb cengi,<br />

Gör şehid oldı en sonunda Ali gibi.<br />

Ali’nin dostlarıyız dirken ol lānetlikler,<br />

Ali’yi öldürmeye bunca çaba itdiler.<br />

Sevgiden dostluktan ururken bunca lafı,<br />

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