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    The Governor of Amasya (Turkish: Amasya Valiliği) is the bureaucratic state official responsible for both national government and state affairs in the...
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    Hüseyin Pasha (Celali rebel) (category Governors of the Ottoman Empire)
    (deputy governor) of Amasya. He soon was invested with title of inspector of Anatolia (Karaman) and set off for inspections of fiefs, tours of the region...
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    Amasia in antiquity. It is the seat of Amasya Province and Amasya District. Its population is 114,921 (2021). Amasya stands in the mountains above the Black...
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    Şehzade Bayezid (category Children of Suleiman the Magnificent)
    Mausoleum, Sivas), Governor of Canik. Şehzade Mehmed (1558, Kütahya or Amasya - 25 September 1561, Qazvin). Şehzade Murad (c. 1559, Amasya – July 1561, Bursa...
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    was in the vicinity of Elbasan. Gülbahar entered in Mehmed's harem in 1446, when he was still a prince and the governor of Amasya. She had at least two...
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    Şehzade Mustafa (category Children of Suleiman the Magnificent)
    prince, son of sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his concubine Mahidevran Hatun. He was the governor of Manisa from 1533 to 1541, of Amasya from 1541...
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  • harem of her husband's half-brother, the future Sultan Selim I (1512–1520), when he was the governor of Amasya, thus securing for him, in the person of her...
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    Nigar Hatun (category 15th-century consorts of Ottoman sultans)
    concubine of Sultan Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire. Nigar entered in Bayezid's harem when Bayezid was still a prince, and the governor of Amasya. She gave...
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    Amasya. When Bayezid was still a şehzade ("Ottoman prince") and the governor of Amasya sanjak when she gave birth to Selim I in 1470.[citation needed] When...
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    provincial (sanjak) governors in Anatolia (Asiatic part of modern Turkey) as a part of their training. Ahmed was the governor of Amasya, an important Anatolian...
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  • Karayazıcı (category Governors of Amasya)
    Hüsâmeddin (1927). Amasya Tarihi [History of Amasya] (in Ottoman Turkish). Vol. 3. p. 348. Akdağ, Mustafa. "Ḳarā Yazi̊d̲j̲i̊". Encyclopedia of Islam. doi:10...
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    Sittişah Hatun (category 15th-century consorts of Ottoman sultans)
    wholeheartedly of his master's plan, whereupon they decided to choose one of Süleyman's daughters. The wife of Hizir Pasha, Governor of Amasya, was sent to...
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    Bülbül Hatun (category 15th-century consorts of Ottoman sultans)
    entered in the Bayezid's harem when he was still a prince and the governor of Amasya. She had three children, two daughters, Hatice Sultan and Hundi Sultan...
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    of Oghuz Khan and his grandson, Bayandur Khan". In a letter dating to the year 1470, which was sent to Şehzade Bayezid, the-then governor of Amasya,...
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    Mehmed II was away laying siege to Belgrade in 1456, the Ottoman governor of Amasya attacked Trebizond, and although he was defeated, he took many prisoners...
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    Şirin Hatun (category 15th-century consorts of Ottoman sultans)
    Şirin entered the Bayezid's harem when he was still a prince, and the governor of Amasya. She gave birth to Bayezid's eldest daughter Aynışah Sultan in 1463...
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    Amasya Province (Turkish: Amasya ili) is a province of Turkey, situated on the Yeşil River in the Black Sea Region to the north of the country. Its area...
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    Mehmed II, was away laying siege to Belgrade in 1456, the Ottoman governor of Amasya attacked Trebizond, and although defeated, he took many prisoners...
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  • Babai revolt (category Sultanate of Rum)
    cities of Sivas, Kayseri and Tokat in Central and North Anatolia. The governor of Amasya killed Baba Ishak in 1240, but this did not mean the end of the...
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    the head of his forces in Istanbul and came to Yenişehir on April 11, 1473. The governor of Karaman, Prince Mustafa, and the governor of Amasya, Prince...
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    of Oghuz Khan and his grandson, Bayandur Khan". In a letter dating to the year 1470, which was sent to Şehzade Bayezid, the then-governor of Amasya,...
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    apparently failed to cooperate, and in 1456 the Sultan dispatched his governor of Amasya Hizir Bey to attack Trebizond by both land and sea. According to Chalkokondyles...
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    Hüsnüşah Hatun (category 15th-century consorts of Ottoman sultans)
    as a concubine slave of Christian origins. Hüsnüşah entered Bayezid's harem when he was still a prince, and the governor of Amasya sanjak. She gave birth...
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  • father was still a prince and the governor of Amasya. During Bayezid's reign, he was appointed the beylerbeyi (governor) of Anatolia. Ayşe followed him during...
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    İstasyon Bridge (category Buildings and structures in Amasya Province)
    from north to south. According to Amasya municipality page, the bridge was constructed by Sadgeldi, the governor of Amasya between 1360 and 1382 who soon...
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    fought the bandits in Amasya and Samsun, clearing those lands of them. He dealt with his opponents, defeated them, and gained the Amasya sanjak. Indeed, in...
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    an annual tribute since the time of Murad II. During the Siege of Belgrade in 1456, the Ottoman governor of Amasya attacked Trebizond, and although he...
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    Hayreddin Tokadi (category Year of birth unknown)
    to Istanbul on the orders of his mentor (murshid). Sultan Bayezid II met Hayreddin-i Tokadi when he was governor of Amasya, and after he became sultan...
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    Murad II (category People from Amasya)
    made Murad governor of the Amasya Sanjak. Murad remained at Amasya until the death of Mehmed I in 1421. He was solemnly recognized as sultan of the Ottoman...
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  • civil servant in Amasya for two and a half years. During this period, he served as the Deputy of the Merzifon District Governor and Amasya in the Türmik...
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