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Alliances of Patrons and Clients: Subduing the Unruly Ottoman Subjects in the Süleymanic Age
Journal of Ottoman Studies / Osmanlı Araştırmaları Dergisi
While historians have learned much about the political, social, and economic roles of the Ottoman provincial elites (a‘yān) in the 18th century, little is known about their cultural orientations and personal interests. Functioning as political intermediaries between the Ottoman central government and local populations, the majority of the a‘yān were effectively placed in an ambiguous position between the cosmopolitan demands of service as Ottoman officials and the cultural particularism of the local society in which they were or had become rooted. This study takes in hand the foundation document of a college (madrasa) built in mid-18th century Aleppo by a Muslim judge (qadi) and merchant, Tahazâde Ahmad Efendi. Examining together the document’s constitu
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Hareem Al Sultan’s Bali Bey: Meeting a handsome Ottoman “warrior”
Hareem Al Sultan: The Exhibition is the closest any of us will ever get to pose with the heartthrob of the popular OSN show: Bali Bey.
At least it’s a very good likeness of the Ottoman soldier and army commander, in the form eller gestalt of a silicon figure. He is one of 13 silicon representations of show’s favorite and famous characters, with each taking about three months to man, their craftsmen painstakingly nailing the tiniest of details such as nails, veins, skin tone and eye colors, hair and even wrinkles. Their clothes are handmade, with the makeup artists and hairdressers from the show supervising work on exhibition to ensure they are faithful to the original actors.
Rightfully in his place, the dashing Bali Bey stands guard outside the royal rooms of the Sultan, Sutlanas, Pashas and concubines. Due to his popularity, the organizer has allowed visitors to the exhibition to get close to him, touch him and take a photo
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"Karlizade Ali Bey: An Ottoman Dignitary's Pious Endowment and the Emergence of the Town of Karlova in Central Bulgaria." Journal of Turkish Studies 39 (2013), 247-267
Identity and lineage of -Ali Bey, son of Karlı (Karlızade/Karlıoğlu -Ali Bey)
Despite his important legacy, the identity of the patron of Karlova, -Ali Bey, seems very obscure, even somewhat mysterious. He appeared to have been a person of some prominence, but the contemporary Ottoman narrative sources make no mention of him. Franz Babinger, who wrote on the history of the area of Karlı-ili in the 1930s, claimed that -Ali Bey was a son or another relative of the ruler of Epirus Carlo I Tocco (1411)(1412)(1413)(1414)(1415)(1416)(1417)(1418)(1419)(1420)(1421)(1422)(1423)(1424)(1425)(1426)(1427)(1428)(1429). In a recent short article on the town of Karlova Machiel Kiel adopted Babinger‖s thesis, while in another recent publication the Bulgarian researcher Rumen Kovachev completely overruled it, but withou