The Sultanate of Rum [a ] was a culturally Turco-Persian Sunni Muslim state, established over conquered Byzantine territories and peoples (Rum) of Anatolia by the Seljuk Turks following their entry into Anatolia after the Battle of…
The leadership of these raids was taken by his brother Ali Bey. [1 ] Ali Bey crossed the Sakarya River during his raids but later signed a treaty with the Byzantines.
The House of Mengüjek (Modern Turkish: Mengüçoğulları, Mengücek Beyliği or Mengüçlü Beyliği; the reigning dynasty is known as Mengujekids or Menkujakids) was a Turkish Anatolian beylik (principality) of the first period, founded after the…
The Chobanids (Modern Turkish: Çobanoğulları, Çobanoğulları Beyliği) were the ruling dynasty of the Turkish Anatolian beylik (principality) that controlled the city and region of Kastamonu in the 13th century.
Anatolian beyliks (Turkish: Anadolu beylikleri, Ottoman Turkish: Tavâif-i mülûk, Beylik; Turkish pronunciation: [bejlic]) were Turkish [1 ] principalities (or petty kingdoms) in Anatolia governed by beys, the first of which were founded at…