Századok – 2024

2024 / 1. szám - TANULMÁNYOK - Fóti Miklós: Két végvidék szolgálatában. Szári Ali bég hódoltsági és kaukázusi karrierje

FÓTI MIKLÓS

IN THE SERVICE OF

TWO BORDERLANDS

The Career of San

Ali Bey

in Ottoman Hungary and in the Caucasus By Miklós

Fóti

SUMMARY

San Ali bey

was governor of several Hungarian subprovinces of the Ottoman Empire in the 1560s and 1570s, primarily known as a long-serving bey of Szigetvár.

The

main steps of his career can be followed with the help of Turkish defters (tevcih defterleri and mühimme defterleri).

As a punishment for various financial and administrative abuses he was transferred to the Balkans, then obliged to participate in the Ottoman-Safavid wars in the Caucasus, accompanied by his son, Arslan bey, who was himself governor of several provinces. Their role in the Persian wars can be traced through the accounts of the chronicles, where Ali

was

mentioned with different distinctive names, such as Potur/Moravi/Bosnavi Ali

pa§a.

The study presents a new source on Arslan bey - his appointment to the sanjak of Koppány

- which made possible to reconstruct the deeds and merits of both Arslan and his father in the eastern wars.

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