This article delves into the Ottoman Empireâs nuanced response to the Qizilbash challenge, a significant outcome of the evolving religious and political landscapes in sixteenth-century West Asia. The Ottomans grappled with various strategies, seemingly contradictory, to counter the persistent Qizilbash influence. Among these reactions, a focal point is the Ottomansâ endeavor to claim Ê¿Ali within the Devlet-i Ê¿Aliyye-i Ê¿Osmaniye (The Sublime State of the Ottomans). Narratives by KemalpaÅazade (d. 1534), the esteemed chief-jurisconsult, and Celalzade Mustafa (d. 1567), a distinguished chancellor, shed light on this approach. Celalzade notably employed anti-Qizilbash tales, emphasizing the contradiction in revering Ê¿Ali while harboring enmity towards the first three caliphs. This narrative strategy aimed to challenge the Safavid Qizilbash stateâs foundational arguments, promote âOttoman Sunniâ Islam as a cohesive belief system for Ê¿Aliâs partisans, and ease Qizilbash animosity towards the initial three ârightly-guidedâ caliphs, pivotal to the Ottoman creed and Ottoman imperial identity.
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This article delves into the Ottoman Empireâs nuanced response to the Qizilbash challenge, a significant outcome of the evolving religious and political landscapes in sixteenth-century West Asia. The Ottomans grappled with various strategies, seemingly contradictory, to counter the persistent Qizilbash influence. Among these reactions, a focal point is the Ottomansâ endeavor to claim Ê¿Ali within the Devlet-i Ê¿Aliyye-i Ê¿Osmaniye (The Sublime State of the Ottomans). Narratives by KemalpaÅazade (d. 1534), the esteemed chief-jurisconsult, and Celalzade Mustafa (d. 1567), a distinguished chancellor, shed light on this approach. Celalzade notably employed anti-Qizilbash tales, emphasizing the contradiction in revering Ê¿Ali while harboring enmity towards the first three caliphs. This narrative strategy aimed to challenge the Safavid Qizilbash stateâs foundational arguments, promote âOttoman Sunniâ Islam as a cohesive belief system for Ê¿Aliâs partisans, and ease Qizilbash animosity towards the initial three ârightly-guidedâ caliphs, pivotal to the Ottoman creed and Ottoman imperial identity.
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