An Ayan family in Uşak: Paşaoğlullari hanedani
Author
Kancı, Tuğçe
Advisor
Ergenç, Özer
Date
2017-01Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
The purpose of this research is to investigate the history of the Paşaoğulları family; a
medium-scale local family that lived and flourished in Uşak in Western Anatolia. It
can be said that investigating the history of the Paşaoğulları family could expand the
state of our current knowledge on local powers known as notables (ayan) in the
Ottoman Empire. The Paşaoğulları family was one of the ayan families that emerged
in different regions and cities of the Ottoman Empire. The main argument of the
present research is that Paşaoğlu Ahmed Ağa, the first member of this family, moved
into the governmental positions and brought his family to an outstanding point in
Uşak, which resembled the general trends of the process of ayanship. However, the
position he found for himself was not in close connections with political decisionmaking
mechanisms.