The Malkoçoğlu family (Turkish: Malkoçoğulları, Malkoçoğlu ailesi) or Yahyali was one of the ghazi families of Serbian origin that led the akıncı corps in the Ottoman Empire between the 14th-16th centuries. They served mainly in the Balkan conquest of the empire. The members of the family usually served as beys, sanjak-beys, beylerbeys, pashas, and castle commanders. Later on, they joined the ranks of the Ottoman Army in various missions, and one of the descendants became a Grand Vizier.
| Malkoçoğulları | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Ottoman Empire |
| Founded | 14th century |
| Titles | ghazi ("warrior") akıncı ("raider") |
| Dissolution | 1604 |
History
The Battle of Maritsa (1371) was a disaster for the Serbian Empire, which resulted in several Serbian and Bulgarian lords becoming Ottoman vassals.[1] The Malkoçoğlu (Serbian: Malković) was a warrior family of Christian Serb origin, which became Muslim.[1][2] Malkoç, the eponymous founder, is alleged to have been one of the commanders of Sultan Murad I and Bayezid I, fighting at Kosovo (1389) and at Nicopolis (1396).
The further Ottoman expansion to the European frontiers was shared with semi-independent warriors, with the most notable being the four families of Evrenosoğulları, Mihaloğulları, both of which were of Anatolian Christian origin, Turahanoğulları of Turkish origin, and the Malkoçoğulları.[1] These four families made up the gazi (warrior) nobility.[3] Unpaid they lived and operated as raiders on the frontiers of the Ottoman Empire, subsisting totally on plunder.
Members
- Genealogy known
- Hamza
- Malkoçoğlu Yahya Paşa bin Hamza (died 1507), married to a daughter of Bayezid II.[4]
- Balı (died 1514), commander, had two sons, Ali and Tur Ali, all three died at Chaldiran.[4][5]
- Ali (died 1514)
- Tur Ali (died 1514)
- Genealogy unknown
- Balı bin Yahya Paşa (died 1548)[6]
- Malkoçoğlu Bali Bey (1495–1554), gazi commander.[7] Probably one of the commanders under Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha that participated in the Safavid Campaign (1554–55).[8]
- Malkoč-beg (died 1565)
- Ahmed-paša Dugalić
- Malkoç-oğlu Bâlibey of Semendire[9]
- Yavuz Ali Paşa, Grand Vizier from October 16, 1603 to July 26, 1604.
Legacy
There is a Bosnian Muslim epic tradition about an Ottoman hero named Malkoč-bey.
- Malkoçoğlu Cem Sultan, 1969 Turkish action film
References
Sources
- Finkel, Caroline (2012). Osman's dream: the story of the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1923. Basic Books. ISBN 9780465008506.
- Yürekli, Zeynep (2016) [2012]. Architecture and Hagiography in the Ottoman Empire: The Politics of Bektashi Shrines in the Classical Age. Routledge. pp. 119–. ISBN 978-1-317-17941-2.
- Gemil, Tahsin (1991). Românii și otomanii în secolele XIV-XVI. Editura Academiei Române. ISBN 9789732701980.