Medieval states in Anatolia
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Anatolia
is a big peninsula in West Asia and forms one of the two passages between Asia
and Europe
. All through history, many states both completely independent and vassal, were founded. Below is the list of states (including principalities) in Anatolia during middle ages.
Anatolia
Anatolia is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey...
is a big peninsula in West Asia and forms one of the two passages between Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. All through history, many states both completely independent and vassal, were founded. Below is the list of states (including principalities) in Anatolia during middle ages.
Name of the state | Duration of rule | Notes |
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Ahis | 1290-1362 | Religious fraternity |
Aq Qoyunlu | 1378-1508 | |
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia , also known as the Cilician Armenia, Kingdom of Cilician Armenia or New Armenia, was an independent principality formed during the High Middle Ages by Armenian refugees fleeing the Seljuk invasion of Armenia... |
1198-1375 | Issued from Byzantine Empire |
Artuqids | 1102-1233 | |
Alaiye Alaiye Alaiye is the medieval Seljuq name for Alanya . The city name is derived from the name of Sultan Kayqubad I. It refers to the city-state in a specific period and the beylik which developed around there, at times under the Karamanid dynasty... |
1293-1471 | Vassal of Karaman |
Aydinids | 1300-1425 | |
Jandarids (later: Isfendiyarids) | 1292-1461 | |
Tzachas | 1081-1098 | |
Chobanids | 1211-1309 | |
Beylik of Çubukoğulları Beylik of Çubukoğulları Beylik of Çubukoğulları was a small and short-lived principality in East Anatolia, Turkey between 1085 and 1112.Çubuk was a commander in the Seljuk army. After the battle of Malazgirt in 1071, he fought in East Anatolia and was tasked with capturing the important fort of Harput . He captured the... |
1085-1112 | Vassal of Great Seljuk Empire |
Beylik of Demleç | 1085-1410 | |
Dulkadirids | 1348-1515 | |
Eretnids | 1335-1390 | Issued from Ilkhanids |
Beylik of Erzincan Beylik of Erzincan Beylik of Erzincan was a principality in East Anatolia, Turkey in the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries.- Background :After the battle of Kösedağ in 1243, Ilkhanid Mongols became the de facto rulers of Anatolia... |
1378-1410 | Issued from Eretnids |
Eshrefids | 1285-1326 | |
Germiyanids | 1300-1429 | |
Hamidids | 1300-1391 | |
Beylik of İnal Beylik of İnal Beylik of İnal also called İnaloğlu or Yinaloğlu was a small principality in East Anatolia in the 12th century.... |
1095-1183 | Mostly vassal of its neighbours |
Beylik of Kadi Burhan al-Din Kadi Burhan al-Din Kadi Burhan al-Din Ahmed was vizier and atabeg to the Eretnid rulers of Anatolia. In 783 AH he took over Eretnid lands and claimed the title of sultan for himself. He was an outstanding Turkish poet. He was also a poet who wrote primarily in Persian... |
1381-1398 | Continuation of Eretnids |
Karamanids | 1277-1487 | |
Karasids | 1296-1357 | |
Beylik of Lâdik | 1262-1391 | |
Beylik of Menteşe | 1261-1424 | |
Beylik of Pervane Pervâneoglu Pervâneoğlu was an Anatolian beylik centered in Sinop on the Black Sea coast and controlling the immediately surrounding region in the second half of the 13th century and the beginning of the 14th .The founder of the Beylik, The Pervâne Mu‘in al-Din Suleyman... |
1277-1322 | |
Ramadanids | 1252-1517 | Mostly vassal of Memluks Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo) The Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt was the final independent Egyptian state prior to the establishment of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty in 1805. It lasted from the overthrow of the Ayyubid Dynasty until the Ottoman conquest of Egypt in 1517. The sultanate's ruling caste was composed of Mamluks, Arabised... |
Beylik of Sahip Ata Sâhib Ata Fakhr al-Din Ali, better known as Sâhib Ata or Sâhip Ata, held a number of high offices at the court of the Sultanate of Rum from the 1250s until his death in 1288. He was the dominant personality in Anatolia after the death of the Pervane Mu’in al-Din Suleyman in 1277... |
1275-1341 | |
Sarukhanids | 1300-1410 | |
Ahlatshahs Ahlatshahs Ahlahshahs were the 11th-12th century rulers of an Anatolian beylik of the first period founded after the Battle of Manzikert, and centered in Ahlat on the northwestern shore of the Lake Van in Eastern Anatolia... |
1100-1207 | |
Beylik of Tanrıbermiş Beylik of Tanrıbermiş Beylik of Tanrıbermiş was a small and short-lived principality in Western Anatolia, during the late 11th century.After the battle of Malazgirt in 1071, Oghuz Turkmen tribes led by ghazi warriors began to settle in Anatolia. A ghazi named Tanrıbermiş was one of them. Beginning by 1074 he founded a... |
1074-1098 | |
Beylik of Teke Beylik of Teke The Anatolian beylik of Teke with its capital at Antalya was one of the frontier principalities established by Oghuz Turkish clans after the decline of Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm. The dynasty started with a split of territories between two brothers of the dynasty ruling the neighboring Beylik of... |
1321-1423 | Issued from Hamidids |
Beyliks of Canik Beyliks of Canik Beyliks of Canik is a name given to a group of small Turkmen principalities in northern Anatolia during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.- Background :After the battle of Kösedağ in 1243, Ilkhanid Mongols became the de facto rulers of Anatolia... |
1307-1460 | Actually 6 beyliks |
Byzantine Empire Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire during the periods of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, centred on the capital of Constantinople. Known simply as the Roman Empire or Romania to its inhabitants and neighbours, the Empire was the direct continuation of the Ancient Roman State... |
0395-1453 | During 1204-1261 Empire of Nicea |
County of Edessa County of Edessa The County of Edessa was one of the Crusader states in the 12th century, based around Edessa, a city with an ancient history and an early tradition of Christianity.... |
1098-1149 | Crusader state |
Danishmends Danishmends The Danishmend dynasty was a Turcoman dynasty that ruled in north-central and eastern Anatolia in the 11th and 12th centuries. The centered originally around Sivas, Tokat, and Niksar in central-northeastern Anatolia, they extended as far west as Ankara and Kastamonu for a time, and as far south as... |
1071-1178 | |
Emirate of Armenia Emirate of Armenia The Emirate of Armenia , also called the Principality of Armenia, refers to an aristocratic regime in early medieval Armenia that flourished in the period of interregnum between the seventh and ninth centuries, following the Marzpanate Period when the leading political authority was exercised by a... |
0654-0884 | Vassal of Arabic Empire |
Empire of Nicaea Empire of Nicaea The Empire of Nicaea was the largest of the three Byzantine Greek successor states founded by the aristocracy of the Byzantine Empire that fled after Constantinople was occupied by Western European and Venetian forces during the Fourth Crusade... |
1204-1261 | Byzantine Empire after the loss of capital |
Empire of Trebizond Empire of Trebizond The Empire of Trebizond, founded in April 1204, was one of three Byzantine successor states of the Byzantine Empire. However, the creation of the Empire of Trebizond was not directly related to the capture of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade, rather it had broken away from the Byzantine Empire... |
1204-1261 | Issued from Byzantine Empire |
Karakoyunlu Turkmens (Black sheep Turkmens) Kara Koyunlu The Kara Koyunlu or Qara Qoyunlu, also called the Black Sheep Turkomans , were a Shi'ite Oghuz Turkic tribal federation that ruled over the territory comprising the present-day Armenia, Azerbaijan, north-western Iran, eastern Turkey and Iraq from about 1375 to 1468.The Kara Koyunlu Turkomans at one... |
1375-1468 | |
Latin Empire Latin Empire The Latin Empire or Latin Empire of Constantinople is the name given by historians to the feudal Crusader state founded by the leaders of the Fourth Crusade on lands captured from the Byzantine Empire. It was established after the capture of Constantinople in 1204 and lasted until 1261... |
1204-1261 | Crusader state |
Mengujekids | 1072-1277 | |
Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries... |
1299-1922 | Called beylik in the early years |
Principality of Antioch Principality of Antioch The Principality of Antioch, including parts of modern-day Turkey and Syria, was one of the crusader states created during the First Crusade.-Foundation:... |
1098-1268 | Crusader state |
Saltukids | 1072-1202 | |
Sultanate of Rum Sultanate of Rûm The Sultanate of Rum , also known as the Anatolian Seljuk State , was a Turkic state centered in in Anatolia, with capitals first at İznik and then at Konya. Since the court of the sultanate was highly mobile, cities like Kayseri and Sivas also functioned at times as capitals... |
1077-1307 | Issued from the Great Seljuk Empire |