Mahmudi (tribe)

The Mahmudi, also known as Pinyanişi,[1] was an Ottoman-Kurdish tribe in the Lake Van region. According to Evliya Çelebi (1611–1682) they had 60,000 warriors.[1]

The Mahmudi tribe under their leader Hasan, until then loyal to the Safavids, switched sides to the Ottomans following the Ottoman attack on Azerbaijan (Modern day Iranian Azerbaijan) in 1554 during the Safavid Campaign (1554–55).[2]

Their chief, Sarı Süleyman Bey,[3] strengthened the Hoşap Castle[4] in the Lake Van region, in 1643.[5]

They bordered the Safavids, and were been raided by them.[1]

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References
  1. Evliya Çelebi; Robert Dankoff (1 January 1991). The Intimate Life of an Ottoman Statesman, Melek Ahmed Pasha (1588-1662): As Portrayed in Evliya Celebi's Book of Travels (Seyahat-name). SUNY Press. pp. 150–. ISBN 978-0-7914-0640-3.
  2. University of Wisconsin 2003, pp. 123, 134.
  3. Daniel Farson (1 January 1985). A Traveller in Turkey. Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-7102-0281-9.
  4. David Nicolle (2010). Ottoman Fortifications 1300-1710. Osprey Publishing. pp. 18–. ISBN 978-1-84603-503-6.
  5. Altan Çilingiroğlu (1988). The History of the Kingdom of Van, Urartu. Ofis Ticaret Matbaacilik Limited. p. 54.

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