Boluk-bashi ( tr, bölükbaşı) was an Ottoman officer rank equivalent to
captain (see
Military of the Ottoman Empire
The military of the Ottoman Empire ( tr, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nun silahlı kuvvetleri) was the armed forces of the Ottoman Empire.
Army
The military of the Ottoman Empire can be divided in five main periods. The foundation era covers the ...
). The holder was in command of a ''bölük'', a sub-division of a regiment.
It was higher than ''oda-bashi'' (lieutenant).
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Serbian hajduks
It was adopted by the
Serbian hajduks
The Serbian hajduks ( sr, хајдуци / ''hajduci'') were brigands (bandits) and guerrilla freedom fighters (rebels) throughout Ottoman-held Balkans, mainly in Serbia, organized into bands headed by a '' harambaša'' ("bandit leader"), who de ...
and into the
Serbian Revolution
The Serbian Revolution ( sr, Српска револуција / ''Srpska revolucija'') was a national uprising and constitutional change in Serbia that took place between 1804 and 1835, during which this territory evolved from an Ottoman prov ...
ary Army as ''buljubaša'' ( sr-cyr, буљубаша) or ''buljukbaša'' ().
People such as
Janko Gagić
Janko Gagić ( sr-Cyrl, Јанко Гагић; died 4 February 1804) was a Serbian hajduk leader (''buljubaša'') He was killed during the ''Slaughter of the Knezes'', the incident that sparked the Serbian Revolution, ultimately leading to Serbia ...
,
Arsenije Loma,
Konda Bimbaša,
Zeka Buljubaša
Jovan Gligorijević ( sr-cyr, Јован Глигоријевић, ca. 1785–1813), known as Zeka Buljubaša (Зека Буљубаша), was a Serbian revolutionary captain (''buljubaša'') and nobleman active during the First Serbian Uprising.
...
,
Veljko Petrović and
Petar Dobrnjac
Petar Teodorović ( sr-cyr, Петар Теодоровић; 1771–1831), known as Petar Dobrnjac (Петар Добрњац) was a Serbian Vojvoda in the First Serbian Uprising. He was born in the Požarevac nahija, in the village of Dobrnje, ...
had the rank of ''buljubaša'' in the prelude and during the
Serbian Revolution
The Serbian Revolution ( sr, Српска револуција / ''Srpska revolucija'') was a national uprising and constitutional change in Serbia that took place between 1804 and 1835, during which this territory evolved from an Ottoman prov ...
.
Notable people
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Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı
Rıza Tevfik Bey (Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı after the Turkish Surname Law of 1934; 1869 – 31 December 1949) was an Ottoman and later Turkish philosopher, poet, politician of liberal signature and a community leader (for some members among the ...
, Turkish philosopher
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Zerrin Bölükbaşı, Turkish sculptor
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Iliaș Colceag ( 1710–1743), Moldavian
*Abdul Bölükbaşı ( 1821),
Tripolitsa
Tripoli ( el, Τρίπολη, ''Trípoli'', formerly , ''Trípolis''; earlier ''Tripolitsá'') is a city in the central part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. It is the capital of the Peloponnese region as well as of the regional unit of Arcadi ...
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Yahya bey Dukagjini (1498–1582), Albanian
See also
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Bölükbaşı (surname)
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Buljubašić
References
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Military ranks of the Ottoman Empire
Turkish words and phrases