Balkanlarda Bir Uç Beyi Ailesi Mihaloğulları (1300-1600)
This study is about the political and social activities of the Mihaloğulları family, who made great efforts and sacrifices during the establishment of the Ottoman Empire, and their relations with the Ottoman Dynasty, especially during the founding period in Rumelia and the Balkans.
Köse Mihal was the Tekfur of Harmankaya under the Byzantine Empire.
He was a guide and comrade-in-arms to Osman Gazi.
Köse Mihal was one of the first Ottoman raiders.
He was the founding ancestor of the Mihaloğulları family.
He converted to Islam during the establishment of the state.
With the shift of Ottoman conquests to Rumelia and the Balkans, commanders belonging to the Mihaloğulları family began to serve as frontiersmen.
The regions they conquered were given to them as fiefdoms by the sultans.
The Mihaloğulları, who were settled in Edirne, Plevne and Ihtiman, formed a frontier in Northern Bulgaria.
Mihaloğlu Mehmed Bey undertook important duties in Show More
