Pavlo Kurtik Pal Kurti (Albanian) | |
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| Occupation | Feudal lord |
| Known for | Lord ofPavlo-Kurtik vilayet of the Ottoman Empire, one of few pre-Ottoman, Christian feudal lords. |
| Title | senyör (seigneur) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  Ottoman Empire |
| Service years | ca. 1400–1432 |
Pavlo Kurtik (fl. 1431–1432, Albanian:Pal Kurti)[a] was an Albanian or styled Slavo-Albanian[b] feudal lord who held an Ottomanvilayet, an administrative unit in theOttoman Empire similar to a county or shire, located between theErzen andShkumbin rivers in present-dayAlbania.[1] While he was Christian, one of a few Christian lords in the Ottoman Empire, his sons converted in Islam and held various official titles throughout the Empire.[2][3]
In the 14th century, after the defeat of theSerbian Empire by the Ottomans, the Western Balkans became a collection of independent feudal states. After theBattle of Savra (1385) theOttoman Empire absorbed the area of what is now the State of Albania. As an official in the Ottoman Empire Pavlo Kurtik is first mentioned in the first Ottomandefter (the official record of the Empire) of theSanjak of Albania, dated 1431–1432.[2] He entered Ottoman service shortly after 1400,[4] and was one of few pre-Ottoman,[5] Christian feudal lords along with his brother Karl Kurti(k).[2] He governed over the vilayet of the same name (thePavlo Kurtik vilayet) one of 9 vilayets of the Arvanit-ili province until 1466.[6] In the 1431–1432 defter, Pavlo Kurtik held a timar of 26 villages subordinate to his son, Isa.[3] The termstahvil andvilayet-i Pavlo Kurtik shows that Pavlo Kurtik held the region before the Ottoman administration.[3] His sons converted into Islam and becamesubaşi, a royal or administrative title in the Ottoman Empire similar to lord or sheriff, of various Ottoman subdivisions throughout Ottoman Albania.[3]
The Kurti family was originally Christian, but it wasIslamized in the second generation.[3] Albanian historianDhimitër Shuteriqi argued that the family originated fromKrraba, and further theorised a connection to an 11th century nobleman namedVasil Kurtikios who had supportedAlexios I Komnenos against thedux ofDyrrhachium.[7]
Kurtik had the following descendants:
| Unknown Wife | Pavlo Kurtik | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Isa Beg Kurtik, Ottomansubaşi of Pavlo-Kurtik vilayet, converted into Islam. | Unknown Wife | Mustafa Kurtik, Ottoman subaşi ofBerat vilayet, converted into Islam. | Unknown Wife | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ibrahim | Yusuf | Huseyin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Међу ретким феудалцима хришћанима има у том попису и словенских (српских) имена. Најпознатији je био Павле Куртић (5), који je управљао целом једном облашћу (вилајетом) (86); његов син Мустафа, међутим, већ je примио веру завојевача (59).
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