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[THE EARLY OTTOMAN METHOD OF DEBATE] Miyârü'l-münâzara. [i.e. The criteria of debate].
ALI RIZA ARDIHÂNÎ [sic. ARDAHÂNÎ], (1848-1906?). Mahmud Bey Matbaasi., Ist., [AH 1307] = 1890. Modern cloth bdg. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script. [2], 181 p. Ali Riza Ardahani, the son of Dervis Hamza Bey, a member of the Kayapasazades, one of the well-established families of Ardahan, was born in the Halilefendi District of Ardahan in 1848. He worked as a civil servant in cities or vilayats such as Ardahan, Erzurum, Yemen, and Hudeybe. Kayapasazâdes is a family that was settled in the region soon after the Ottoman conquest of Ardahan (1551) for the Turkification of the region. The Kayapasazâdeler, the most established family known after the Atabeks in the history of Ardahan, supported the Ottoman army under the chieftain of Lala Mustafa Pasha in 1578 and showed great benefits in the conquest of places up to Tbilisi. Kayapasazâdes educated many important statesmen in the Ottoman and Republic periods, served the state for centuries, and especially served Ardahan and its surround