The Malkoçoğlu ( tr, Malkoçoğulları, Malkoçoğlu ailesi) or Yahyalı was an
Ottoman Serbian noble family whose members led the ''
akıncı'' corps of the empire between the 14th–16th centuries. They served mainly in the Balkan conquest of the empire. The members of the family usually served as
bey
Bey ( ota, بك, beğ, script=Arab, tr, bey, az, bəy, tk, beg, uz, бек, kz, би/бек, tt-Cyrl, бәк, translit=bäk, cjs, пий/пек, sq, beu/bej, sh, beg, fa, بیگ, beyg/, tg, бек, ar, بك, bak, gr, μπέης) is ...
s,
sancak-bey
''Sanjak-bey'', ''sanjaq-bey'' or ''-beg'' ( ota, سنجاق بك) () was the title given in the Ottoman Empire to a bey (a high-ranking officer, but usually not a pasha) appointed to the military and administrative command of a district (''sanjak ...
s,
beylerbeys,
paşa
Pasha, Pacha or Paşa ( ota, پاشا; tr, paşa; sq, Pashë; ar, باشا), in older works sometimes anglicized as bashaw, was a higher rank in the Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, generals, dignitari ...
s and castle commanders. Later on they joined the ranks of the
Ottoman Army
The military of the Ottoman Empire ( tr, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nun silahlı kuvvetleri) was the armed forces of the Ottoman Empire.
Army
The military of the Ottoman Empire can be divided in five main periods. The foundation era covers the ...
in various missions, and one of the descendants became a
Grand Vizier.
History
The
Battle of Maritsa (1371) was a disaster for the Serbian Empire, which resulted in several Serbian and Bulgarian lords becoming Ottoman vassals.
[Finkel 2012, p. 21 ] The Malkoçoğlu ( sr, Malković) was a warrior family of Christian
Serb
The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language.
The majority of Serbs live in their na ...
origin, which became Muslim.
[ Malkoç, the eponymous founder, is alleged to have been one of the commanders of Sultan ]Murad I
Murad I ( ota, مراد اول; tr, I. Murad, Murad-ı Hüdavendigâr (nicknamed ''Hüdavendigâr'', from fa, خداوندگار, translit=Khodāvandgār, lit=the devotee of God – meaning "sovereign" in this context); 29 June 1326 – 15 Jun ...
and Bayezid I
Bayezid I ( ota, بايزيد اول, tr, I. Bayezid), also known as Bayezid the Thunderbolt ( ota, link=no, یلدیرم بايزيد, tr, Yıldırım Bayezid, link=no; – 8 March 1403) was the Ottoman Sultan from 1389 to 1402. He adopted ...
, 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 undetermined Christian origin, and the ''Malkoçoğulları''.[ These four families made up the '']gazi
A ''ghazi'' ( ar, غازي, , plural ''ġuzāt'') is an individual who participated in ''ghazw'' (, '' ''), meaning military expeditions or raiding. The latter term was applied in early Islamic literature to expeditions led by the Islamic prophe ...
'' (warrior) nobility.
Members
;Genealogy known
*Hamza
**Malkoçoğlu Yahya Paşa bin Hamza (died 1507), married to a daughter of Bayezid II.
***Mehmed ( 1511), Rumelian commander, supported Selim I
Selim I ( ota, سليم الأول; tr, I. Selim; 10 October 1470 – 22 September 1520), known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute ( tr, links=no, Yavuz Sultan Selim), was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. Despite las ...
during the throne struggle.
**Balı (died 1514), commander, had two sons, Ali and Tur Ali, all three died at Chaldiran.[ ]
***Ali (died 1514)
***Tur Ali (died 1514)
;Genealogy unknown
*Balı bin Yahya Paşa (died 1548)
*Malkoçoğlu Balı Bey
Malkoçoğlu Bali Bey (1495–1548), also known as Malkoç Bey, was an Ottoman military commander and governor, serving Suleiman the Magnificent. The son of Malkoçoğlu Yaya Pasha who had served as Beylerbey of Anatolia and Rumelia and attained t ...
(1495–1554), ''gazi'' commander. Probably one of the commanders under Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha
Sokollu Mehmed Pasha ( ota, صوقوللى محمد پاشا, Ṣoḳollu Meḥmed Pașa, tr, Sokollu Mehmet Paşa; ; ; 1506 – 11 October 1579) was an Ottoman statesman most notable for being the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. Born in ...
that participated in the Safavid Campaign (1554–55).
* Malkoč-beg (died 1565)
* Ahmed-paša Dugalić
*Malkoç-oğlu Bâlibey of Semendire
Legacy
There is a Bosnian Muslim epic tradition about an Ottoman hero named Malkoč-bey.
* Malkoçoğlu Cem Sultan, 1969 Turkish action film
References
Sources
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Ottoman Serbia
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14th-century people from the Ottoman Empire
15th-century people from the Ottoman Empire
16th-century people from the Ottoman Empire
History of Silistra