Malkoçoğlu Balı Bey

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. His younger brother was Malkoçoğlu Mehmet Bey. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Mohács (1526). He then served as the governor (beylerbey) of the Budin Eyalet after 1541.[2] Balı Bey was the commander of akıncı[3] and gazis.[4]

Malkoçoğlu Bali Bey
Born	1495
Died	after 1555
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire
Rank	Beylerbey
Battles/wars	Battle of Mohács

He was portrayed by Cüneyt Arkın classic movie series in Malkoçoğlu and actor Burak Özçivit in the Muhteşem Yüzyıl (2011–14) series.

See also

• Malkoçoğlu family

References

1. Vera Costantini; Markus Koller (31 July 2008). Living in the Ottoman Ecumenical Community: Essays in Honour of Suraiya Faroqhi. BRILL. pp. 151–. ISBN 978-90-474-3318-7.
2. Bietenholz, P.G.; Deutscher, T.B. (2003). Contemporaries of Erasmus: A Biographical Register of the Renaissance and Reformation. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802085771. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
3. Mülayim, S.; Matthews, J. H.; Akad, T. (1996). Nevşehir. Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
4. Yürekli 2016.

Sources

• Yürekli, Zeynep (2016) [2012]. Architecture and Hagiography in the Ottoman Empire: The Politics of Bektashi Shrines in the Classical Age. Routledge. pp. 119–. ISBN 978-1-317-17941-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)