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Hasan (Janissary secretary)

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187:("My statement on the Pruth Campaign"). It consists of 37 sections. The first section is titled "Malice minded Russian king who doesn't keep his promise" The last section is a summary of the casualties. There are two more sections. One is an autobiography of Hasan and the other one is the review of the battle. But the wording of the review is very different from the rest of the diary. For example, in the 37 sections the events are narrated in military terms; but the review is full of mythology. Hakan Yıldız the editor of Hasan's diary interprets this contradiction as a later addition by a second person. 38:
Hasan was probably born in 1640s. His epithet was Kurdi or Kurd. Sometimes written as Hasan Kurdi and sometimes Kurd Hasan which both indicates he was Kurdish in origin. Muslim borns were accepted to Janissary Corps after late 17th century because of the growing demand and need to muskteers. He
79:, two other islands also now a part of Greece. In 1704 he was promoted to the secretariat of the Janissary corps, one of the highest civilian posts of the army. He was present in the 233: 211: 27: 243: 258: 238: 164: 172: 116: 228: 248: 80: 176: 253: 207: 108: 180: 132: 92: 152: 144: 96: 23: 222: 160: 112: 83:
in 1711. His diary during the campaign is a valuable source of information about it.
120: 100: 68: 40: 51:) in 1674, he transferred to civil service. In 1682 he was appointed to 156: 64: 128: 124: 48: 44: 135:
in which he gave up his plans against the Ottoman Empire and Sweden.
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in 1656 and participated in various campaigns. After a campaign to
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decided to check the Russian advance. Ottoman Grand Vizier
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civil servant who wrote about his experiences during the
206:,Türkiye İş Bankası Yayınları, İstanbul,2008 8: 234:18th-century writers from the Ottoman Empire 183:(edited by Hakan Yıldız) with the title 195: 131:) valley and Peter agreed to sign the 7: 151:) survives in three copies; in the 14: 147:, Hasan's diary (also called the 119:besieged the Russian army at the 107:into Ottoman territory after the 123:(now marking the border between 16:Ottoman civil servant and writer 159:, in the Oriental Institute of 1: 28:Russo-Ottoman War of 1710–11 165:Bayerische Staatsbibliothek 275: 185:Prut Seferi'ni Beyanımdır 143:According to Orientalist 204:Prut Seferini Beyanımdır 244:18th-century memoirists 71:. In 1694 he served in 259:18th-century diarists 138: 117:Baltacı Mehmet Pasha 81:Pruth River Campaign 239:18th-century deaths 171:. It is written in 212:978-9944-88-352-8 149:History of Russia 109:Battle of Poltava 266: 214: 200: 274: 273: 269: 268: 267: 265: 264: 263: 219: 218: 217: 201: 197: 193: 173:Ottoman Turkish 141: 133:Treaty of Pruth 93:Peter the Great 89: 75:and in 1697 in 36: 17: 12: 11: 5: 272: 270: 262: 261: 256: 251: 246: 241: 236: 231: 221: 220: 216: 215: 194: 192: 189: 181:modern Turkish 153:Topkapi Palace 145:Franz Babinger 140: 137: 97:Russian Empire 88: 87:Pruth campaign 85: 35: 32: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 271: 260: 257: 255: 252: 250: 247: 245: 242: 240: 237: 235: 232: 230: 227: 226: 224: 213: 209: 205: 202:Hakan Yıldız: 199: 196: 190: 188: 186: 182: 179:) in 2008 in 178: 174: 170: 166: 163:, and in the 162: 161:St Petersburg 158: 154: 150: 146: 139:Hasan's diary 136: 134: 130: 126: 122: 118: 114: 113:Ottoman Porte 110: 106: 102: 98: 94: 86: 84: 82: 78: 74: 70: 66: 62: 58: 54: 50: 46: 42: 33: 31: 29: 25: 21: 229:1640s births 203: 198: 184: 148: 142: 90: 37: 19: 18: 249:Janissaries 121:Pruth River 101:Charles XII 223:Categories 191:References 177:İş Bankası 254:Devshirme 69:Heraklion 41:Janissary 39:became a 157:Istanbul 99:pursued 65:Rethymno 55:(now in 47:(now in 129:Romania 125:Moldova 95:of the 49:Ukraine 45:Podolia 24:Ottoman 22:was an 210:  169:Munich 111:, the 105:Sweden 77:Euboea 73:Lesbos 61:Chania 57:Greece 91:When 53:Crete 20:Hasan 208:ISBN 127:and 67:and 34:Life 167:in 155:in 103:of 63:, 225:: 30:.

Index

Ottoman
Russo-Ottoman War of 1710–11
Janissary
Podolia
Ukraine
Crete
Greece
Chania
Rethymno
Heraklion
Lesbos
Euboea
Pruth River Campaign
Peter the Great
Russian Empire
Charles XII
Sweden
Battle of Poltava
Ottoman Porte
Baltacı Mehmet Pasha
Pruth River
Moldova
Romania
Treaty of Pruth
Franz Babinger
Topkapi Palace
Istanbul
St Petersburg
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Munich

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