He tried together with the usta of the 18b to bribe Boze with 1500 g. toward reversing the imperial order for the banishment of the 18b to Benefşe. Boze refused.
Market Profession
.
Guild Officer
.
Service
odabaşı of the 18b.
Importance for the Project
The fact that he is an odabaşı demonstrates that the money used to bribe Boze were given by the vakıf of the 18b..
According to Renard, French consul in Hanya, the paşa was talked into writing to the Porte in favor of the 18b by local notables. He also asked 8000 g. from the regiment to place it back in its old service (guarding the paşa kapusı) upon the closure of th.
Market Profession
.
Guild Officer
.
Service
Kandiye muhafızı.
Importance for the Project
He was bribed by the Janissaries. Also the Janissaries tried to bribe Boze to change the paşa's mind..
He advised Boze to bribe the paşa and the turnacı sent to Kandiye to execute the banishment of the 18b to Benefşe, as the latter resists leaving. He corresponded with the paşa and was informed that the latter came to terms with the Janisaries..
Market Profession
.
Guild Officer
Yes.
Service
French consul in Hanya.
Importance for the Project
He orchestrates the actions that will be taken against the 18b, by corresponding with Boze and the French ambassador in Istanbul.
He tried to bribe the ağa of the Janissaries to influence the paşa toward not executing the imperial order for the banishment of the 18b to Benefşe. The ağa refused.
Market Profession
.
Guild Officer
.
Service
odabaşı of the 18b.
Importance for the Project
The fact that he is an odabaşı demonstrates that the money used to bribe the ağa of the Janissaries were given by the vakıf of the 18b. Also a reference in the same document according to which all the Janissaries of the 18b assembled and made a collective decision leads to the same conclusion..
He is important because according to Alexandre Boze's report on the incident he was pressurized by the Janissaries to write an ilam for Boze that contained false information on the murderer and the victim..
He should see to the banishment of the 18b to Benefşe and he should not be bribed. He conformed.
Market Profession
.
Guild Officer
.
Service
Kandiye muhafızı.
Importance for the Project
He is important because according to Alexandre Boze's report on the incident he was bribed by the Janissaries to annule the banishment of the 18b to Benefşe..
He was sent by the Porte to carry the orders and to see to the arrest of the murdered Ali Beşe. He was accompanied by three çavuş. He read two fermans (see, sources 2 and 3).
He was approached by the five ustas of the Janissary regiments of Crete to send a letter to the Porte supporting their claim..
Market Profession
.
Guild Officer
.
Service
Orthodox archbishop of the Eyalet-I Girid.
Importance for the Project
The role attributed to him by the Janissaries shows how the latter tried to use various non-Janissary interest groups in order to achieve their goals..
Together with the four other ustas of the regiments based in Kandiye he went to the bishop of Kandiye to make him write a letter to the Porte which accuses Boze and the French of lying..
Market Profession
.
Guild Officer
.
Service
officer of the 37c. Probably the çorbacı.
Importance for the Project
His actions are indicative of the existence of Janissary inter-regimental solidarity. They also show how the Janissaries create a strategy of influencing various interest groups..
Notes
The actual number of the usta's regiment is not mentioned in the source. It was filled out based on Yannis Spyropoulos, "Κοινωνική, διοικητική, οικονομική και πολιτική διάσταση του οθωμανικού στρατού: οι γενίτσαροι της Κρήτης", Unpublished PhD dissertatio.
Together with the four other ustas of the regiments based in Kandiye he went to the bishop of Kandiye to make him write a letter to the Porte which accuses Boze and the French of lying..
Market Profession
.
Guild Officer
.
Service
officer of the 30b. Probably the çorbacı.
Importance for the Project
His actions are indicative of the existence of Janissary inter-regimental solidarity. They also show how the Janissaries create a strategy of influencing various interest groups..
Notes
The actual number of the usta's regiment is not mentioned in the source. It was filled out based on Yannis Spyropoulos, "Κοινωνική, διοικητική, οικονομική και πολιτική διάσταση του οθωμανικού στρατού: οι γενίτσαροι της Κρήτης", Unpublished PhD dissertatio.
Together with the four other ustas of the regiments based in Kandiye he went to the bishop of Kandiye to make him write a letter to the Porte which accuses Boze and the French of lying..
Market Profession
.
Guild Officer
.
Service
officer of the 42c. Probably the çorbacı.
Importance for the Project
His actions are indicative of the existence of Janissary inter-regimental solidarity. They also show how the Janissaries create a strategy of influencing various interest groups..
Notes
The actual number of the usta's regiment is not mentioned in the source. It was filled out based on Yannis Spyropoulos, "Κοινωνική, διοικητική, οικονομική και πολιτική διάσταση του οθωμανικού στρατού: οι γενίτσαροι της Κρήτης", Unpublished PhD dissertatio.
Together with the four other ustas of the regiments based in Kandiye he went to the bishop of Kandiye to make him write a letter to the Porte which accuses Boze and the French of lying..
Market Profession
.
Guild Officer
Yes.
Service
officer of the 14c. Probably the çorbacı.
Importance for the Project
His actions are indicative of the existence of Janissary inter-regimental solidarity. They also show how the Janissaries create a strategy of influencing various interest groups..
Notes
The actual number of the usta's regiment is not mentioned in the source, nor the office. This info was filled out based on Yannis Spyropoulos, "Κοινωνική, διοικητική, οικονομική και πολιτική διάσταση του οθωμανικού στρατού: οι γενίτσαροι της Κρήτης", Unpu.
He supports Boze. He was prompted by the usta of the 18b to talk to the French, and settle the case. However he displayed great solidarity toward the latter..
Market Profession
.
Guild Officer
.
Service
probably a diplomat in Alexandria.
Importance for the Project
European solidarity against the Janissaries. The Janissaries approach various actors/interest groups to achieve their goal..
He helped Ali Bayrakdaroğlu escape from Hanya to İzmir and tried to convince the British lord John Friott to talk to the French and settle the case. Together with the four other ustas of the regiments based in Kandiye went to the bishop of Kandiye to make.
Market Profession
.
Guild Officer
.
Service
officer of the 18b. Probably the çorbacı.
Importance for the Project
His actions are indicative of the existence of Janissary solidarity both at the regimental and inter-regimental level and of the use of special extradiction. They also show how the Janissaries create a strategy of influencing various interest groups. It is interesting that he gets the support of the rest of the regiments of Kandiye in his endeavor..
[11], Family Name: Bozo / Boze, Name: Alexandri / Alexandre.
Janissary
Yes.
Regiment
.
Collectivity
.
Family Name
Boze.
Honorary Title
.
Nickname / Descriptive Adjective
.
Name
Alexandre.
Father's Name
.
Askeri Title
.
Nationality (for non-Muslims)
French.
Action/Task/Status/Punishment
He tries to prompt the issuing of a new ilam which will negate the false claims of the Janissaries.
.
Market Profession
etmekçi, ekmekçi, fırıncı, habbaz, [baker].
Guild Officer
Yes.
Service
.
Importance for the Project
.
Notes
His report contradicts much of what is written in the relevant Ottoman documents. It describes the incident with a lot of detail. From other documents we know that he is the French vice-consul in Kandiye..
[11], Family Name: Bozo / Boze, Name: Alexandri / Alexandre.
Janissary
Yes.
Regiment
.
Collectivity
.
Family Name
Bozo.
Honorary Title
.
Nickname / Descriptive Adjective
.
Name
.
Father's Name
(not set).
Askeri Title
.
Nationality (for non-Muslims)
French.
Action/Task/Status/Punishment
He writes the petition to reveal the lies that the Janissaries used against him..
Market Profession
.
Guild Officer
Yes.
Service
Kandiye tüccara Fransız konsolozı.
Importance for the Project
He was slandered by the Janissaries, accused of becoming a consular representative (konsoloz vekili) while being a zimmi, however he is French..
Notes
Although he is noted down as a trader in the document, French sources explicitly refer to him as the vice consul of France in Kandiye. In one of his letters he complains about the fact that he was presented by the Janissaries as a zimmi, although he and .
He was probably bribed by the Janissaries to settle the issue of the murder of Boze. Father Boze reports that he gave him an ilam (issued by the kadı) that distorted the truth about his son's murder in favor of the Janissaries..
[1], Regiment: 18b, Family Name: Bayrakdaroğlı, Name: Ali.
Janissary
Yes.
Regiment
18b.
Collectivity
.
Family Name
Bayrakdaroğlı.
Honorary Title
.
Nickname / Descriptive Adjective
.
Name
Ali.
Father's Name
.
Askeri Title
.
Nationality (for non-Muslims)
.
Action/Task/Status/Punishment
He murdered Elie Boze and fled with help from his officers.
.
Market Profession
.
Guild Officer
Yes.
Service
in the service of the defterdar of Kandiye who acts as a mütesellim..
Importance for the Project
.
Notes
His family name according to the French consul's report is Çorbacıoğlu. In any case, he looks like he was the son of somebody important in the Janissary hierarchy of Crete..
[11], Family Name: Bozo / Boze, Name: Alexandri / Alexandre.
Janissary
.
Regiment
.
Collectivity
.
Family Name
Boze.
Honorary Title
.
Nickname / Descriptive Adjective
.
Name
Alexandre.
Father's Name
.
Askeri Title
.
Nationality (for non-Muslims)
French.
Action/Task/Status/Punishment
He sends a letter to the French Embassy in Istanbul to report the murder of his son and to ask for help.
.
Market Profession
.
Guild Officer
Yes.
Service
.
Importance for the Project
.
Notes
His report contradicts much of what is written in the relevant Ottoman documents. It describes the incident with a lot of detail. From other documents we know that he is the French vice-consul in Kandiye..
[11], Family Name: Bozo / Boze, Name: Alexandri / Alexandre.
Janissary
Yes.
Regiment
.
Collectivity
.
Family Name
Bozo.
Honorary Title
.
Nickname / Descriptive Adjective
.
Name
Aleksandri.
Father's Name
(not set).
Askeri Title
.
Nationality (for non-Muslims)
.
Action/Task/Status/Punishment
He is the father of İliya Bozo..
Market Profession
.
Guild Officer
Yes.
Service
.
Importance for the Project
.
Notes
Although he is noted down as a trader in the document, French sources explicitly refer to him as the vice consul of France in Kandiye. In one of his letters he complains about the fact that he was presented by the Janissaries as a zimmi, although he and .
He proposed/ordered the banishment of the 18b to Benefşe..
Market Profession
.
Guild Officer
.
Service
sekbanbaşı.
Importance for the Project
He is important because his involvement shows how punitive measures for regiments in the provinces had to go through the Ottoman central administration and the special jurisdiction that the corps enjoyed..
He was murdered by Ali Beşe, Janissary of the 18b.
.
Market Profession
etmekçi, ekmekçi, fırıncı, habbaz, [baker].
Guild Officer
Yes.
Service
.
Importance for the Project
.
Notes
Although he is mentioned as a zimmi in the document, French sources explicitly mention that he was in fact a French protégé. His status as a zimmi has been presented to the Porte by an ilam written under the influence of Kandiye's Janissary officers..
He should see to the arrest of murderer Ali Beşe and the banishment of the 18b to Benefşe..
Market Profession
.
Guild Officer
.
Service
Kandiye kadısı.
Importance for the Project
He is important because according to Alexandre Boze's report on the incident he was pressurized by the Janissaries to write an ilam for Boze that contained false information on the murderer and the victim..
He should see to the arrest of murderer Ali Beşe and the banishment of the 18b to Benefşe..
Market Profession
.
Guild Officer
.
Service
Kandiye yeniçerileri zabiti.
Importance for the Project
He is important because according to Alexandre Boze's report on the incident he was bribed by the Janissaries to annule the banishment of the 18b to Benefşe..
He should see to the arrest of murderer Ali Beşe and the banishment of the 18b to Benefşe.
.
Market Profession
.
Guild Officer
.
Service
Kandiye muhafızı.
Importance for the Project
He is important because according to Alexandre Boze's report on the incident he was bribed by the Janissaries to annule the banishment of the 18b to Benefşe..
He was murdered by Ali Beşe, Janissary of the 18b.
.
Market Profession
etmekçi, ekmekçi, fırıncı, habbaz, [baker].
Guild Officer
Yes.
Service
.
Importance for the Project
The murder of the French baker Boze is probably an expression of an anti-European sentiment of the Janissaries of Kandiye, which was probably founded in the economic rivalry between the two groups in the area. It is also interesting that the victim is presented in the source as a "zimmi", which we know was not true and was the product of Janissary propaganda to the Porte..
Notes
Although he is mentioned as a zimmi in the document, French sources explicitly mention that he was in fact a French protégé. His status as a zimmi has been presented to the Porte by an ilam written under the influence of Kandiye's Janissary officers..
[1], Regiment: 18b, Family Name: Bayrakdaroğlı, Name: Ali.
Janissary
Yes.
Regiment
18b.
Collectivity
.
Family Name
.
Honorary Title
.
Nickname / Descriptive Adjective
.
Name
Ali.
Father's Name
(not set).
Askeri Title
beşe.
Nationality (for non-Muslims)
.
Action/Task/Status/Punishment
He argued with and murdered İliya Bozer, and then fled to İzmir..
Market Profession
.
Guild Officer
Yes.
Service
Paşa Kapusı nöbetçilerinden.
Importance for the Project
Extended local Janissary networks were mobilized for his escape to İzmir. His escape to Izmir is also most probably connected to the existence of important Cretan Janissary connections there, which we know existed from a series of other documents.
Notes
.
Completed
1.
Name Alias
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Name
Notes
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Place
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Type of Place
Place
Neighborhood/District of Professional Basis
Notes
1
Origin
Humeryako [Choumeriako],
(not set)
2
Temporary Residence/Exile
Kandiye [Herakleio],
3
Service
Kandiye [Herakleio],
(not set)
Title
#
Former
Rank/Position/Function
Notes
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Family Tree
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Relation Type
Related (Registry)
Notes
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Political/Non-familial Connections
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Affiliation Type
Affiliate
Notes
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[1], Compilation Date: 1811/ 6/ 3
18b
Ali
beşe
This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 849911)
