Ali of Dulkadir

Ali Beg
Miniature from Hoja Sa'd al-Din's Taj al-Tewarih depicting Ali as he fights the Celali rebels.
Beg of Dulkadir
Reign	13 June 1515 – 1522
Predecessor	Ala al-Dawla Bozkurt
Ottoman Sanjak-bey of Chirmen
Reign	1512
Ottoman Sanjak-bey of Kayseri
Reign	1514 – 1515
Died	1522 Artukova, Ottoman Empire
Issue	Saru Arslan Uways Divaneh Veled Pir Ahmed Iskender Hudabende
House	Dulkadir
Father	Shah Suwar
Religion	Islam

Shahsuwaroghlu Ali Beg (died 1522)^[a] was the ruler of Dulkadir from 13 June 1515 until his death. Ali was the son of Shah Suwar (r. 1466–72), one of the previous Begs of Dulkadir. Following his father's execution by the Mamluk Sultanate, Ali fled to the Ottoman Empire, where he served in several positions, administering parts of the country and leading the Ottoman army during their fight against Safavid Iran, specifically the Battle of Chaldiran. When Ali's uncle and the ruler of Dulkadir, Ala al-Dawla Bozkurt (r. 1480–1515), was involved in a conflict with the Ottoman state, the latter chose Ali as their puppet to replace Bozkurt, who sided with the Mamluk Sultanate. On 13 June 1515, Bozkurt was killed, and Ali rose to the Dulkadirid throne.

While the Mamluks were in preparations to topple Ali and install his uncle, the Ottoman Sultan Selim I (r. 1512–20) initiated a war to end the Mamluk rule in Syria and Egypt. Ali led part of the Ottoman forces during the war, including the victories in the Battles of Marj Dabiq and Ridaniya in 1516 and 1517, respectively, both of which resulted in Ottoman victory that contributed to the total annexation of the Mamluk realm. Two years later, Ali played a significant role in the suppression of the Celali rebellions in Ottoman Anatolia as well as the subdual of Janbirdi al-Ghazali in Syria in 1521. Despite his continued loyalty and service to the Ottomans, rumors of Ali's unjust rule and his killing of Ottoman officials while they were inspecting these rumors, allowed his rival Ferhad Pasha, the beylerbey of Rumelia, to design Ali's assassination. Ali and his close family were exterminated during a feast by Ferhad Pasha. Ali's death allowed the intended Ottoman seizure of the Dulkadirid realm and marked the end of his dynasty's rule.
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