Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nogai Eyalet
I first had intention to vote for deletion because according to : ''"If a topic has no reliable sources, Wikipedia should not have an article on it."'' Still, Yılmaz Öztuna is so reputable scholar that I tried to examine more sources about Yusuf and Izmail. Two of them are described in http://books.google.com/books?ei=ZDh1TuasEZHDswar7uSqCw&ct=result&id=j-wRAAAAIAAJ&dq=%D1%98%D1%83%D1%81%D1%83%D1%84+%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB+%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B8&q=%22Yusuf+Mirza+was+killed+and+Ismail+Mirza+triumphed.%22#search_anchor this source as leaders of nomad Nogai tribes influenced by Moscow, "small remnant of Golden Horde". I checked with Google Translate, and it says that ''eyalet'' means ''state'' on turkish language. http://books.google.com/books?ei=ZDh1TuasEZHDswar7uSqCw&ct=result&id=OWC2AAAAIAAJ&dq=%D1%98%D1%83%D1%81%D1%83%D1%84+%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB+%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B8&q=%22Die+allm%C3%A4hliche+Aufspaltung+der+Nogai-Horde+f%C3%BChrte+zu+engeren+wirtschaftlichen+und+politischen+Bindungen+an+einzelne+Nachbarn.+So+rechtfertigte+sich+Mursa+Ismail+im+Jahre+1553+gegen%C3%BCber+seinem+Bruder%2C+dem+F%C3%BCrsten+Jusuf%2C+da%C3%9F+er+nicht+mit+%22#search_anchor This source treats Yusuf as prince. http://books.google.com/books?ei=ZDh1TuasEZHDswar7uSqCw&ct=result&id=EyUKAQAAIAAJ&dq=%D1%98%D1%83%D1%81%D1%83%D1%84+%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB+%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B8&q=yusuf#search_anchor This source also repeatedly treats Yusuf as Nogai Prince, distinct from Ottoman Empire. http://books.google.com/books?ei=Rzt1Ts7PLo7OswaprdHSCw&ct=result&id=87PQDQ4E0KkC&dq=%D1%98%D1%83%D1%81%D1%83%D1%84+%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB+1553&q=yusuf#search_anchor This source even refer to Yusuf as Khan. http://books.google.com/books?id=ioOA0i2588cC&pg=PA108&dq=%D1%98%D1%83%D1%81%D1%83%D1%84+%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB+1553&hl=en&ei=Rzt1Ts7PLo7OswaprdHSCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false This source explains in detail the situation between Yusuf, Ismail and Moscow, without mentioning the Ottoman Empire. Based on my research I conclude that Yılmaz Öztuna probably referred to some kind of Nogai state instead to an Ottoman province so I support deletion of this article
— User:Antidiskriminator, 00:36, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:RS (Wikipedia:Reliable sources)