Anatolian Bey Principalities
Turkic Beyliks & Khanates
Anatolian Bey Principalities
Turkish Bey Principalities and Khanates
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Anatolian Bey PrincipalitiesLarge Turkish groups that had set in motion in the Middle East one thousand years before had continued their movement from the east towards the direct…Influential Regions of MamelukeAn expansion has been observed in the influential regions of Mameluke and even directly in the lands under the domination of Mameluke State. Celayirli…Forces of Anatolian Bey PrincipalitiesArabian historian and geographer, Ibnü Fazlillaahi'l-Ömerî had provided valuable information about the situation of Anatolia pertaining to the year of…Saltuklu Bey Principality (1092-1202)Principality had been one of the Turkish states established in the Eastern Anatolia in the course of the Seljuk conquests. Ebul Kasim who had been com…Mengucukler Bey Principality (1118-1250)(Mengu: means eternal in Turkish language, and the suffix of cuk is the diminutive suffix.)Kemah-Erzincan Branch (1142-1128)Fahreddîn Behram-shah (1162-1225) from the Kemah-Erzincan branch had dominated his country in a proper manner and Erzincan had become an important cen…Divrigi Branch (1142-1250)When Ishak Beys son, Suleyman who dominated in Divrigi had died, his son, Seyfeddin Sehinshah replaced him. Sehinhah was successful in the fights aga…Danismendli Bey Principality (1092-1178)Ghazi Ahmed Bey who had been commissioned with the charge of the conquest of Anatolia had been a teacher and lecturer of Turkmens. Therefore, he had b…Karasiogullari Principality (1303-1345)Karasiogulları principality has been the first Turkmen Principality that had been annexed to the Osmanli principality. Karasiogulari principality was…Dilmacogullari PrincipalityOne of the Turkish principalities founded in the Eastern Anatolia was Dilmacogullari principality that dominated in the region of Bitlis and Erzen. Th…Artuklu Principality (1101-1409)In the course of the struggles between Tutus and Berkyaruk that had been the heir apparent of the throne in the Great Seljuk State, the region of Diya…Ermenshah PrincipalityThis principality was also called as Ahlatshah principality and Sokmenliler principality. Kutbeddin Ismail who had been the son of Sultan Melikshahs…Artuklu Principality (1101-1409)Artuklu Principality has been one of the long-lasting principalities that had left a significant trace through its culture and art. Artuk Bey who was…Cobanogullari PrincipalityCobanogullari Principality had been founded by Husameddin Coban, member of Kadi tribe of Oguz people that had been a forefront bey (governor) of Turke…Alâiye BeysAlâiye Beys had dominated in Alaiye (alanya) firstly as a branch of Karamanogullari principality, and then they lived under the domination of the Mame…Aydinogullari PrincipalityAydinogullari principality was one of the conqueror Turkmen principalities that opened the ways to the Western Anatolia and Aegian coastal regions. On…Aydinoglu Gazi Umur BeyThe life of Ghazi Umur Bey had been written in poesy in the epic style within the work of the poet Enverî titled as Düstûr-Nâme in the century XV. G…Candarogullari Principality (or Isfendiyarogullari)Demir Yaman Candar Bey who was the founder of this principality is from the Kayi tribe of Oguz people. Since the period of Isfendiyar Bey who was the…Ankara Ahi Principality (Principality of Guilds)The Ahi government had been established within the centre of Ankara and its environs. It is like a republic of dervish-tradesmen. It resembles to the…Dulkadirogullari PrincipalityIt had been one of the Great Anatolian Principalities.Dulkadirogullari PrincipalityPrincipal Characters of Dulkadirogullari PrincipalityEretnaogullari PrincipalityEratnaogullari principality had been the most important inheritor of the Ilhanli State in Anatolia. The State had survived for 53 years between the ye…Esrefogullari PrincipalityEsrefogullari principality was a Turkish principality founded within the environs of Beysehir and Seydisehir in the second half of the 13th century. S…Germiyanogullari PrincipalityIn the beginning, Germiyanogullari was the most powerful and the biggest principality following Karamanogullari principality among the forefront beys…Hamîdogullari PrincipalityThe founder of this principality was Hamids son, Dündar Bey. This principality had dominated for 44 years between 1280-1324 and it had been annexed t…Kadi Burhaneddin Ahmed StateKadi Burhâneddin Ahmed who had been the vizier of Eretnaogullari principality overthrew them and ascended the throne in Sivas. Kadi Burhaneddin was a…Karamanogullari PrincipalityKaramanogullari principality that had prohibited the usage of any language apart from Turkish was the greatest rival of Osmanogullari principality.Karamanogullari PrincipalityDeclaration of Turkish as the Only Official Language of Turkey by Mehmed Bey I (13th May 1277)End of Karamanogullari PrincipalityIn the last period of Ibrahim Bey II, in other words, in the period of Fatih, the state had gradually been under the influence of Ottoman State. Fatih…Lâdik (Denizli) Principality or Inancogullari PrincipalityInancogullari are from the dynasty of Germiyanogullari principality. We do not have any information about the father of Inanc Bey and his relative deg…Mentesogullari PrincipalityThis principality was founded by Mentese Bey as the forefront principality of Seljuk State in the year of 1300. He had established dominion in the sou…Pervaneogullari PrincipalityThey were submissive to Selcukogullari principality. This principality was founded by Muineddin Mehmed Bey in the year of 1277. Since Mehmed Bey was c…Ramazanogullari PrincipalityJust like Dulkadirogullari principality, Ramazanogullari principality was a Turkmen principality that was founded at the latest periods and over the l…Sâhib-Ataogullari PrincipalityThe founder of this principality was Ebû Bekirs son, Hüseyins son, Sâhib Ata Fahreddin Ali. He had been the vizier of Turkey for 19 years since the…Saruhanogullari PrincipalityThis principality was founded by Saruhan Bey as a forefront principality of Seljuk State. He established dominion in the province of Manisa and within…Tâceddînogullari PrincipalityIt is a Turkish principality that was founded in a coastal location between todays Bafra and Ordu that extended towards Niksar in the south. This pri…Izmir ve Ephesus Principalities (1081-1097)In the course of the conquest of Anatolia, Cakan Bey that was supposed to have been from Cavuldur tribe of Oguz people had carried out some activities…