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Malkoçoğlu family (Turkish language: Malkoçoğulları, Malkoçoğlu ailesi) was one of the families that led the akıncı corps in Ottoman Empire between the 14th-16th centuries. They served mainly in the Balkan conquest of the empire. The members of the family usually served as beys, sanjak-beys, beylerbeys, pashas and castle commanders. Later on they joined the ranks of the Ottoman Army in various missions, and one of the descendants became a Grand Vizier.
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The Battle of Maritsa (1371) was a disaster for the Serbian Empire, which resulted in several Serbian and Bulgarian lords becoming Ottoman vassals.[1] The Malković was a warrior family of Christian Serb origin, which became Muslim.[1][2] Malkoç, the eponymous founder, is alleged to have been one of the commanders of Sultan Murad I and Bayezid I, fighting at Kosovo (1389) and at Nicopolis (1396).[citation needed]
The further Ottoman expansion to the European frontiers was shared with semi-independent warriors, with the most notable being the four families of Evrenosoğulları, Mihaloğulları, both of which were of Anatolian Christian origin, Turahanoğulları of undetermined Christian origin, and the Malkoçoğulları.[1] These four families made up the ghazi (w
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Malkoçoğlu Bali Bey (1495–1555), also known as Malkoç Bey,[1] was an Ottoman military commander and governor, serving Suleiman the Magnificent. The son of Malkoçoğlu Yaya Pasha who had served as Beylerbey of Anatolia and Rumelia and attained the rank of vizier, marrying a daughter of Bayezid II.[citation needed] His younger brother was Malkoçoğlu Mehmet Bey.[citation needed] He distinguished himself at the Battle of Mohács (1526). He then served as the governor (beylerbey) of the Budin Eyalet after 1541.[2][page needed] Balı Bey was the commander of akıncı[3] and gazis.
He was portrayed by actor Burak Özçivit in the Muhteşem Yüzyıl (2011–14) series.
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