Naslov
Csengizade Ali pasa es az Oszman Birodalom hatarmenti elitje a kretai haboru alatt (1645–1669)
(Frontier Elites of the Ottoman Empire During the War for Crete (1645- 1669): The Case of Ali-Pasha Čengić)

Autori
Madunić, Domagoj

Izvornik
Korall (1586-2410) 48 (2012); 90-120

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
17th Century Mediterranean; Dalmatian history; Borders and Frontiers; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Hungary; Venetian Republic and War of Crete

Sažetak
The intriguing person of Ali Pasha Čengić, member of one of the most prominent family of the Bosnian Ottoman lords and his conduct during the Venetian-Ottoman War of Crete are the main focus of the research of this study. Ali Pasha Čengić, for almost two decades was one of the most dominating persons of the Bosnian eyalet, yet also maintained the close and friendly ties with the Republic o Venice, and even openly sabotage Ottoman attack on Kotor in 1657. So far historiography has treated the person of Ali Pasha Čengić in rather negative light, as a traitor of the Empire who served his Venetian masters for money and personal gains, and who was even for the Turkish standards extremely greedy, corrupt and cruel. Yet, was it really so? The case of this controversial Bosnian grandee well illustrates complexities of the Empire’s frontier. As this paper will attempt to show, through detailed reconstruction of Ali Pasha's historical context, he was also moved by other motives than a simple material gain, and one should not look this Bosnian grandee in the black and white colors, judging him as the simple traitor. Above all Ali Pasha Čengić should be seen as the great feudal lord for whom the family/dynastic interests came before anything else. As the war between the Venetian Republic and the Ottoman Empire - that begun so well for the Ottomans - progressed from year to year the casualties among the Ottoman frontier elite amounted. Moreover, even before the war the landed incomes of the Ottoman elites on this frontier were bellow the Empire's standards, in the conditions of protracted warfare with their estates frequently raided and plundered many were facing complete material ruin. Without the prospect of imminent victory and peace, it should come as no surprise that some concluded that their dynastic/family interests diverge from those of the Empire they serve, and decided to search for their own means to ensure survival in what was more and more turning into endless conflict.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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