The Malkoçoğlu family () () 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.
History
The
Battle of Maritsa
The Battle of Maritsa or Battle of Chernomen (; in tr. ''Second Battle of Maritsa'') took place at the Maritsa River near the village of Chernomen (present-day Ormenio, Greece) on 26 September 1371 between Ottoman forces commanded by Lala S ...
(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 was a warrior family of Christian
Serb
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origin, which became Muslim.
[ Malkoç, the eponymous founder, is alleged to have been one of the commanders of Sultan ]Murad I
Murad I (; ), nicknamed ''Hüdavendigâr'' (from – meaning "Head of state, sovereign" in this context; 29 June 1326 – 15 June 1389) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1362 to 1389. He was the son of Orhan Gazi and Nilüfer Hatun. Mura ...
and Bayezid I
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, 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''.[ These four families made up the '']gazi
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'' (warrior) nobility.
Members
;Genealogy known
*Hamza
**Malkoçoğlu Yahya Paşa bin Hamza (died 1507), married to a daughter of Bayezid II
Bayezid II (; ; 3 December 1447 – 26 May 1512) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512. During his reign, Bayezid consolidated the Ottoman Empire, thwarted a pro-Safavid dynasty, Safavid rebellion and finally abdicated his throne ...
.
***Mehmed ( 1511), Rumelian commander, supported Selim I
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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 Bali Bey (1495–1554), ''gazi'' commander. Probably one of the commanders under Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha
Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (; ; ; 1505 – 11 October 1579) was an Ottoman statesman of Serb origin most notable for being the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. Born in Ottoman Herzegovina into an Orthodox Christian family, Mehmed was recruited a ...
that participated in the Safavid Campaign (1554–55)
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.
* 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
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Ottoman Serbia
Families from the Ottoman Empire
People from the Ottoman Empire of Serbian descent
Medieval people from the Ottoman Empire
16th-century people from the Ottoman Empire
History of Silistra