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he became a member of a returned to their former
Osmanlı Devleti Zamanında Karadeniz’de Bir Yerel Hanedan: Caniklizâdeler
dynasty whose power the
state feared. His sons Battal
Hüseyin Bey and Mikdat
Ahmet Pasha were his biggest
supporters.
It is frequently seen that
notables and dynasties
entered into conflicts of
interest with each other
in 18th century Anatolia.
An example of this is
their struggle with the
Çapanoğulları, which
constituted an important
phase in the life of the
Caniklizades. In the first
phase of this struggle, Ali
Pasha was defeated by his
opponent, who also had the
support of the government,
and managed to escape
by escaping to Crimea
(November 1779). Thanks to
the power he gained, Canikli
Ali Pasha saw himself as
powerful enough to disregard
the state authority. But when
he realized that what he was
doing was wrong, he took
a step back. Thus, he was
saved from being killed and
paved the way for regaining
his lost reputation. Moreover,
this time he returned as
a statesman whose ideas
the state valued and whose
advice he followed. Grand
Vizier İzzet Mehmet Pasha
convinced Sultan Abdülhamid
I that Ali Pasha should be
pardoned in order to restore
the balance that had been
disturbed in favor of the
Çapanoğulları in Anatolia.
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the functioning of state
ranks and duties. Ali Pasha
was appointed governor of
Trabzon, Mikdat Ahmet Pasha
was appointed governor of
Erzurum and governor of
Amasya sanjak (July 1781).
Meanwhile, Ali Pasha did not
hesitate to take his revenge
by eliminating his rival
Çapanoğlu Mustafa Bey.
Russia's occupation of Crimea
in 1783 and its increased
activities in the Caucasus
strengthened the possibility
of a new war. In this process,
the government tried to
benefit from the experience
of Canikli Ali Pasha. Canikli
Ali Pasha's appointment as
Emir of Hajj and governor
of Damascus in 1784 came
to the fore. However, this
was abandoned because his
experiences were needed in
Caucasus politics.
Canikli Ali Pasha passed
away on June 26, 1785 in
Erzurum, his last place of
duty. The area where the
Caniklizâde family ruled
included provinces and
sanjaks such as Erzurum,
Sivas, Amasya, Kastamonu
and Kars during his time. Ali
Pasha, known for his prudent
and powerful personality,
acted as a tyrannical ruler
when necessary. Unlike
other provincial officials of
his time, he was someone
well educated. He has a
treatise criticizing the events
during the reigns of Mustafa
III and Abdulhamid I and
institutions and the attitude
of administrators.
In order to prevent the
extinction of the dynasty of
Ali Pasha, an influential vizier,
his son Kapıcıbaşı Battal
Hüseyin Bey was appointed
as the governor of Erzurum
and the Eastern Serasker
with the rank of vizier (July
2, 1785). Later, he served as
governor of Trabzon, Aleppo,
Hajj Emirate and Damascus
province. Mikdat Ahmet
Pasha served as governor of
Diyarbakır, Konya, Sivas and
Aleppo. He was appointed as
the Chief of Moldavia during
the Russian War of 1787 –
1791. But he was dismissed
because of his failure.
"In 1788, Battal Hüseyin
Pasha, who was appointed
governor of Trabzon on the
condition that he preserved
the Anapa castle on the
Caucasus coast, was defeated
by the Russians and was
captured with his son Tayyar
Mahmut Bey (October 1790).
Anapa Castle was taken over
by the Russians after, It made
Sultan Selim III very angry.
The sultan, who was resentful
of Battal Pasha's reluctant
behavior and failure to resist
the Russians, executed
his son Hayrettin Bey, the
governor of Canik and the
voivode of Karahisar-ı Şarkî,
and Mikdat Ahmet Pasha,
who was in exile in Plovdiv.
Thus, the family's dominance
in the Black Sea region was