The Eshrefids or Ashrafids (Modern Turkish: Eşrefoğulları or Eşrefoğulları Beyliği ) was a 13th-14th century Anatolian beylik.
Eshrefids / Eşrefoğulları | |||||||||
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1280–1326 | |||||||||
Capital | Beyşehir | ||||||||
Common languages | Turkish | ||||||||
Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
Government | Emirate | ||||||||
Bey | |||||||||
• 1280 | Sulayman ibn Eshref Bey | ||||||||
• 1326 | Sulayman II Bey | ||||||||
Historical era | Late Medieval | ||||||||
• Established | 1280 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1326 | ||||||||
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Capital
editIts capital was in Beyşehir.
Foundation
editIt was one of the frontier principalities established by Oghuz Turkish clans after the decline of Sultanate of Rum.
End of dynasty
editThe dynasty ended when Mubariz al-Din Mehmed was executed by Timurtash.
List of rulers
edit- Sulayman ibn Eshref Bey (1280-1302)
- Mubariz al-Din Mehmed Bey (1302-1320)
- Sulayman II Bey (1320–26)
See also
editLiterature
edit- Claude Cahen: Pre-Ottoman Turkey, 1969