Kulliye

Abstract

Although The Crimean Khanate is one of the important Turkish Islamic states established in the North of the Black sea many instituons related to the state organization have not been fully clarified. One of these unclarified establishments is the Yali Agha. For this reason in this study It is aimed to cotribute to the englihtenment of the Crimean Khanate state organization by emphasizing the position of Yali Agha. In this context the study was evaluated with a holistic aproach and the position of Yali Agha was tried to be investigated by taking Osman Ağa to the centre through the Ottoman archieve documents the Crimean Khanate chronicle and especially the assets of Osman Yali Agha in the Crimean Khanate Kadıasker Notebook. In the light of the findings abtained in this context some determinations were made. In this context the mansion Yali Aghas are the officers of the Tatars in the Budjak region. After the establisment of the Budjak Serasker they become a millitary administrator affiliated to it. Although their Center was İnn Barracks in the Budjak region they took care to reside in the Capital Bahçesaray. The position of Yali Agha was established before 1650 It was abolished by the Ottoman State in 1665 and It was re-established in 1676 connected to the Crimean Khans and continued its existence until the last quarter of the 18 th century. Yali Aghas found a place for themselves in the Crimean Khanate and even Ottoman protocol. In this contextmansion Yali Aghas who are stated to have the status of vizier in some sources appeared in the presence of the vizier of the Ottoman State during the compaigns and when they went to İstanbul some of their needs were met by the Ottoman state. Yali Aghas whose most important task is to maintain the security in the Budjak Region are soldiers who participated in many expeditions with the Ottoman army and the Crimean Khans. Osman Yali Agha who is examined in this study is one of the Important Yali Agha of the Crimean Khanate and the study is the first study about him. Osman Aga Crimean Khans I. Selim Geray Khan III. Gazi Geray Khan II. Devlet Geray Khan and III. Saadet Geray Khan he was in the Office of Yali Agha. There fore It is thought that he was an important mansion Yali Agha who gained the trust of Crimean Khans. Osman Yali Agha participated in various expeditions with the Crimean Khans and the Ottoman Army including on Austria while he was in the position of Yali Agha. He was rewarded by both the rulers of the Crimean Khanate and rulers of the Ottoman states for his services Osman Yali Agha, who had two sons and a daughter died in Bahçesaray in March 1718 and was buried in Bahçesaray on the same date. According to the record in the Kadıasker registers of the Crimean Khanate Osman Ağa was one of the richest of Bahçesaray. Osman Agha owns a large number of belongings real estate and twenty seven slaves. The remaining Money after the debts are paid is 726.589 akçes. Assetts are divided according to Islamic law. It is thought that Osman Yali Agha has knowledge of Arabic from his books in his assets. When the findings obtained in the study are evaluated as a whole It is predicted that the position of Yali Agha has an important place in the state organization of the Crimean Khanate especially in the provision of security in the sub-province region and in ensuring the participation of Budjak Tatars in the expedition.