Malkoçov-Malkoçoğlu Family (Turkish: Malkoçoğulları), is one of the certain families that led the Akıncı corps in Ottoman Empire between 14th-16th centuries. They served mainly in the Balkan conquest of the empire. The members of the family usually served as Bey, Sanjak-bey, Beylerbey, Pasha and Castle Commanders. They were Slavic Muslims until Ottoman invasion to Balkans. Later on they joined the ranks of Ottoman Army in various missions. They also took higher places in the government of Ottoman Empire.

Known Members of the Malkoçoğlu Family

--Malkoç Bey: (full name: Hamidoğlu Malkoç) He is one of the commanders of Sultan Murad I

Murad I

Murad I was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1361 to 1389...

 and Bayezid I

Bayezid I

Bayezid I was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1389 to 1402. He was the son of Murad I and Valide Sultan Gülçiçek Hatun.-Biography:Bayezid was born in Edirne and spent his youth in Bursa, where he received a high-level education...

. The family has been named after him. The battles he participated: 1st Kosovo, Battle of Nicopolis

Battle of Nicopolis

The Battle of Nicopolis took place on 25 September 1396 and resulted in the rout of an allied army of Hungarian, Wallachian, French, Burgundian, German and assorted troops at the hands of an Ottoman force, raising of the siege of the Danubian fortress of Nicopolis and leading to the end of the...

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--Malkoçoğlu Mustafa Bey: Son of the Malkoc Bey. He fought alongside his father in 1st Kosovo as the left side archer commander. He was in command of Sivas Castle during the Timurid

Timurid Dynasty

The Timurids , self-designated Gurkānī , were a Persianate, Central Asian Sunni Muslim dynasty of Turko-Mongol descent whose empire included the whole of Iran, modern Afghanistan, and modern Uzbekistan, as well as large parts of contemporary Pakistan, North India, Mesopotamia, Anatolia and the...

 invasion of Anatolia

Anatolia

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 and defended the castle with 3000 soldiers against the Timur's 200,000 men for 18 days. Timur fooled him with a fake peace offering and killed all Turkish soldiers, including Malkoçoğlu Mustafa Bey.

--Malkoçoğlu Mehmet Bey: Younger son of the Malkoc Bey. He fought alongside his father in all campaigns and died before Malkoc Bey in 1385. His grave is in Gebze

Gebze

Gebze is an industrial city in Kocaeli Province, Turkey. Situated 30 miles east of Istanbul on the northern shore of the Sea of Marmara, it is the largest district of Kocaeli; Gebze has experienced rapid growth in recent years- from 159,116 in 1990, to 282,444 in 2009. Gebze accounts for 15% of...

 at a Türbe

Turbe

Türbe is the Turkish word for "tomb", and for the characteristic mausoleums, often relatively small, of Ottoman royalty and notables. It is related to the Arabic turba, which can also mean a mausoleum, but more often a funerary complex, or a plot in a cemetery.-Characteristics:A typical türbe...

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--Malkoçoğlu Hamza Bey: Son of the Malkoçoğlu Mustafa Bey. He is the Sanjak-bey

Sanjak-bey

Sanjak-bey, Sanjaq-bey or -beg was the Turkish title of the Bey in military and administrative command of a sanjak , answerable to a Wāli or other provincial governor. In a few cases the Sanjak-Bey was himself a governor directly answering to Istanbul....

 of the Nicopolis

Nicopolis

Nicopolis — or Actia Nicopolis — was an ancient city of Epirus, founded 31 BC by Octavian in memory of his victory over Antony and Cleopatra at Actium the previous year. It was later the capital of Epirus Vetus...

 in Mehmed II

Mehmed II

Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from...

's reign. The Voivode of Wallachia

Wallachia

Wallachia or Walachia is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians...

, Vlad III the Impaler

Vlad III the Impaler

Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia , also known by his patronymic Dracula , and posthumously dubbed Vlad the Impaler , was a three-time Voivode of Wallachia, ruling mainly from 1456 to 1462, the period of the incipient Ottoman conquest of the Balkans...

, assassinated him in 1461.

--Malkoçoğlu Bali Bey: Son of the Malkoçoğlu Hamza Bey. He was graduated from Enderun-ı Hümayün which was established as a university inside the Ottoman Palace by Mehmed II

Mehmed II

Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from...

. He served as the Beylerbey

Beylerbey

Beylerbey is the Ottoman and Safavid title used for the highest rank in the hierarchy of provincial administrators It is in western terms a Governor-general, with authority...

 of Silistra

Silistra

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 during Mehmed II

Mehmed II

Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from...

's reign. He is famous for his raids through the Lechia

Lechia

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, the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Defence and Petrovaradin

Petrovaradin

Petrovaradin , is part of the agglomeration of Novi Sad in Serbia...

 conquest.

--Malkoçoğlu Ali Bey: Son of the Malkoçoğlu Bali Bey. He served as the Sanjak-bey

Sanjak-bey

Sanjak-bey, Sanjaq-bey or -beg was the Turkish title of the Bey in military and administrative command of a sanjak , answerable to a Wāli or other provincial governor. In a few cases the Sanjak-Bey was himself a governor directly answering to Istanbul....

 of Sofia

Sofia

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 and joined the Battle of Chaldiran

Battle of Chaldiran

The Battle of Chaldiran or Chaldoran occurred on 23 August 1514 and ended with a victory for the Ottoman Empire over the Safavid Empire of Persia . As a result, the Ottomans gained immediate control over eastern Anatolia and northern Iraq...

 with his forces. Ismail I

Ismail I

Ismail I , known in Persian as Shāh Ismāʿil , was a Shah of Iran and the founder of the Safavid dynasty which survived until 1736. Isma'il started his campaign in Azerbaijan in 1500 as the leader of the Safaviyya, an extremist heterodox Twelver Shi'i militant religious order and unified all of Iran...

 killed him in 1514, during the Battle of Chaldiran

Battle of Chaldiran

The Battle of Chaldiran or Chaldoran occurred on 23 August 1514 and ended with a victory for the Ottoman Empire over the Safavid Empire of Persia . As a result, the Ottomans gained immediate control over eastern Anatolia and northern Iraq...

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--Malkoçoğlu Turali Bey: Son of the Malkoçoğlu Bali Bey. He was the Sanjak-bey

Sanjak-bey

Sanjak-bey, Sanjaq-bey or -beg was the Turkish title of the Bey in military and administrative command of a sanjak , answerable to a Wāli or other provincial governor. In a few cases the Sanjak-Bey was himself a governor directly answering to Istanbul....

 of Silistra

Silistra

Silistra is a port city of northeastern Bulgaria, lying on the southern bank of the lower Danube at the country's border with Romania. Silistra is the administrative centre of Silistra Province and one of the important cities of the historical region of Southern Dobrudzha...

 and like his brother Malkoçoğlu Ali Bey, he got killed by Ismail I

Ismail I

Ismail I , known in Persian as Shāh Ismāʿil , was a Shah of Iran and the founder of the Safavid dynasty which survived until 1736. Isma'il started his campaign in Azerbaijan in 1500 as the leader of the Safaviyya, an extremist heterodox Twelver Shi'i militant religious order and unified all of Iran...

 in 1514, during the Battle of Chaldiran

Battle of Chaldiran

The Battle of Chaldiran or Chaldoran occurred on 23 August 1514 and ended with a victory for the Ottoman Empire over the Safavid Empire of Persia . As a result, the Ottomans gained immediate control over eastern Anatolia and northern Iraq...

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--Malkoçoğlu Damat Yahya Paşa:

--Yahyapaşazade Malkoçoğlu Bali Bey:

--Yahyapaşazade Malkoçoğlu Mehmet Bey:

--Gazi Kızan Mehmet Paşa:

--Yahyapaşazade Malkoçoğlu Ahmet Bey:

--Şifalı Arslan Paşa:

--Derviş Bey:

--Yavuz Ali Paşa: A Grand Vizier from October 16, 1603 to July 26, 1604.