The Memibegović Family in Hungary, Slavonia and Croatia in the First Half of the Seventeenth Century Cover Image

A Memibégovicsok Magyarországon, Szlavóniában és Horvátországban a 17. század első felében
The Memibegović Family in Hungary, Slavonia and Croatia in the First Half of the Seventeenth Century

Author(s): Nedim Zahirović
Subject(s): History
Published by: KORALL Társadalomtörténeti Egyesület

Summary/Abstract: This paper is a reconstruction of the genealogy of the Memibegović family, which was politically active in the European Ottoman borderlands (Dalmatia, Bosnia, Slavonia and Hungary) for three generations in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The study focuses on the reconstruction of the family ties and the careers of individual family members. Also discussed are the main methodological problems of reconstruction, which mostly derive from the Ottoman custom of personal identification by first name and official title only, as well as the frequent changes in office-holding in the borderlands. On one hand, these are overcome by synoptic research that extends beyond selected parts of the borderlands and examines this territory in its entirety. On the other hand, this is complemented with the parallel study of the biographies of office-holders, who appear under identical names in the same time period.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 48
  • Page Range: 121-132
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Hungarian