Nyakas Miklós: Nánási Oláh Mihály hajdúkerületi főkapitány 1760-1838 / Hajdúsági Közlemények 15. (Hajdúböszörmény, 1987)

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NÁNÁSI OLÁH MIHÁLY, CAPTAIN-GENERAL OF THE HEYDUOK-DISTRICT 1760—1838 — Miklós Nyakas — In his work the author undertook to show the way of life a heyduckpolitician about whom we have known almost nothing so far, but whose activity has great importance in the life of the heyduck-towns. He came from a long line of hey duck-families of old nobility. His ancestors were the heyduck-nobles of István Bocskai, the Prince of Transylvania, but they got also an individual letter patent of nobility from Gábor Bethlen, the Prince of Transylvania, then from I. Leopold, too. So according to their legal status they were in the most advantageous position. All this greatly helped Nánási Oláh Mihály's political career, too. He was born in 1760, and learnt in the best Protestant schools of the country, in the Presbyterian College of Debrecen. After finishing his studies he obtained a post in the Heyduck-district. It was not in the best moment, since II. Josep's reform endeavours questioned, even terminated the existence of municipal position of the heyduck-towns. After II. Joseph's death the previous public administration of the country was restored, and it concerned the Heyduck-district, too. In 1790 he became a county recorder, then a vice-captain. Shortly he undertook such a duty, that can be regarded as one of the heights of his life. He was an envoy of the Diet in 1790/91, that can be considered a milestone in the history of Hungarian statehood, too. However it is very important from the point of view of the heyduck-towns, because at this time they succeeded to get their power of agency in the diet. As a county recorder he edited also that memorial, which was presented to the diet by the Heyduck-district. His origin determined him to represent the interests of the heyduck-nobility, since that time the inner social structure of the Heyduck-district caused already such complicated political movements, that hardened the activity of the personnel in this district. In 1792 the general assembly of the Heyduck-district trusted him with getting the list of the heyduck's names privileged by Bocskai back from Csanády (third) Sámuel captain-general's widow. It would have had great importance from the point of view of possessions of the heyduck-towns Though it wasn't successful Nánási Oláh Mihály made attempts at elearing it up in another way, too. As a vice-captain of the district he took an active part in building the registered offices of the Heyduck-district. In 1809 the captain-general till then died, so shortly became necessary to replace him. Election of the captain-general came within the compe85