Begzada

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Begzada (Kurdish), Beyzade (Turkish), and Begzadići (Slavic), Beizadea (Romanian), Begzadi (female) are titles given within the Ottoman Empire to provisional governors and military generals who are descendants of noble households and occupy important positions within the empire.[1][2][3] The term "Beyzade" often appears in Western accounts of the Ottoman Empire as superiors within the society, usually men who held much authority.[4][5] In Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Caucasus, and some parts of Anatolia and Iraqi Kurdistan, the title of Beyzade was given to Circassian princes who led parts of the Ottoman conquest in these regions.[6][7][8][9]

Social status

The Begzada as a caste developed in

Berwaris and the Bayat Begzade family descendants .[10][11] Begzade formed the dominant class of the tribe or household. They did not intermarry with socially inferior tribespeople; however, a member of the Begzade could be part of the caste both by kinship ties to the ruling lineage and as one of their retainers.[12] Although regarded as Kurds, the Begzade come from an ethnically mixed background, as most of them have Circassian origins.[13][14]

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References

  1. ^ Ali H. Neyzi (1992). Beyzade-Paşazade: 1930-1990, Volume 2. Yanar Yayınları. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  2. ^ Özdemir Kaptan (1988). Beyoğlu: (Beyoğlu ve kısa geçmişi). Aybay Yayınları. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  3. ^ Atilla Dorsay (1991). Benim Beyoğlum. ağdaş Yayıncılık ve Basın Sanayii A.Ş. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  4. ^ Sir Slade, Adolphus (1833). Records of Travels in Turkey, Greece, &c: And of a Cruise in the Black Sea, with the Capitan Pasha, in the Years 1829, 1830, and 1831, Volume 2. E. L. Carey & A. Hart. p. 26.
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  10. ^ Maarten Martinus van Bruinessen, Anijeholt, Voyage en Russie , en Caucase, en Perse .page 220 (1978). Agha, shaikh and state: on the social and political organization of Kurdistan. Rijksuniversiteit. p. 80. Retrieved 27 September 2012.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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