(THE ADVENTURE OF LAZ ALİ EFENDİ FROM ULEMA CLASS IN ANATOLIA IN THE NAME OF HAKKI)
ANADOLU’DA BİR SAHTE PAŞA (ULEMÂDAN LAZ ALİ EFENDİ’NİN, HAKKI PAŞA ADIYLA ANADOLU’DAKİ SERÜVENİ) A FAKE PASHA IN ANATOLIA

Author : Erdoğan POLAT
Number of pages : 178-192

Abstract

The members of ilmiye class, which had an important place in the Ottoman bureaucracy, acquired significant gains over time in state government. In the maintenance of the gains obtained for centuries, also the exemptions granted to them by the state in comparison with other groups have importance. As a result of this attitude which is a reflection of the importance given to the science and scientist of Islamic religion, members of the class were exempted from penalties such as confiscation, execution and penal servitude. Laz Ali who proclaimed himself as pasha and vizier with various titles in Anatolia, convinced many government officials and people with the soldiers he gathered. This person who collected various expensive gifts from the local administrators of the places he visited with this trick was eventually caught and punished. With the influence of being of Ulamâ class and some intermediary statesmen, Laz Ali was suspended by exile which was a lighter punishment instead of execution or penal servitude.

Keywords

Ottoman, Ulemâ, Exemption, Confiscation, Execution, Fake Pasha, Exile.

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