Eshrefids

Summary

The Eshrefids or Ashrafids (Modern Turkish: Eşrefoğulları or Eşrefoğulları Beyliği ) was a 13th-14th century Anatolian beylik.

Eshrefids / Eşrefoğulları
1280–1326
CapitalBeyşehir
Common languagesTurkish
Religion
Sunni Islam
GovernmentEmirate
Bey 
• 1280
Sulayman ibn Eshref Bey
• 1326
Sulayman II Bey
Historical eraLate Medieval
• Established
1280
• Disestablished
1326
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Sultanate of Rum
Chobanids

Capital edit

Its capital was in Beyşehir.

Foundation edit

It was one of the frontier principalities established by Oghuz Turkish clans after the decline of Sultanate of Rum.

End of dynasty edit

The 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 edit

Literature edit

  • Claude Cahen: Pre-Ottoman Turkey, 1969

References edit