Ahis
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The Ahi Brotherhood (Turkish: Ahî, plur. Ahîler), referred to as Ahi Republic by modern historians,[1] was a fraternity, guild and a beylik based in modern-day Ankara in the 13th and 14th century Anatolia.
Etymology
The traditional explanation for the name "Ahi" is that it is the Turkish pronunciation of the Arabic word "akhi", meaning "my brother". Another possibility is from an early Turkish word aqi, recorded in Mahmud al-Kashgari's 11th century Turkish dictionary Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk as meaning "generous, courageous, virtuous". A progression from aqi to akhi to ahi is "entirely consistent with the phonetic development of Anatolian Turkish".[2]
Background
Muslim
craftsmen and merchants appeared in the history of Anatolia.
Emergence of Ahis
Mongol invasions in Khorosan. He worked as a leather dealer in Kayseri and began organizing Muslim craftsmen in the cities. This organization was named after him. He moved to Konya and after Mongol invasions to Denizli and Kırşehir
where he died.
Ahi as a political power
After the
medieval Europe
.
End of Ahi Beylik
In 1354, Ankara was briefly annexed by
Orhan Bey of Ottoman Empire (then known as beylik). Although Ahis tried to restore their independence after Orhan’s death, in 1362 Murat I ended the political power of Ahis and they became the part of Ottoman Empire.[4]
In later years, some Ahi leaders even appeared as Ottoman bureaucrats.
See also
References
- ^ Hüseyin Yılmaz (2018). Caliphate Redefined: The Mystical Turn in Ottoman Political Thought. p. 308.
Most notably, the one in Ankara which was ended by the Ottoman takeover in 1362, was often romantically referred to as an Ahi republic by modern historians.
- ^ Zakeri, Mohsen. "JAVĀNMARDI". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ An assay on the Ahis (in Turkish)[permanent dead link]
- ^ Prof. Yaşar Yüce-Prof. Ali Sevim: Türkiye tarihi Cilt II, AKDTYKTTK Yayınları, İstanbul, 1991 p 35
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