The Eshrefids or Ashrafids (
Modern Turkish
Turkish ( , ), also referred to as Turkish of Turkey (''Türkiye Türkçesi''), is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 80 to 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and Northern Cyprus. Significant smal ...
: ''Eşrefoğulları'' or ''Eşrefoğulları Beyliği'' ) was one of the
Anatolian beylik
Anatolian beyliks ( tr, Anadolu beylikleri, Ottoman Turkish: ''Tavâif-i mülûk'', ''Beylik'' ) were small principalities (or petty kingdoms) in Anatolia governed by beys, the first of which were founded at the end of the 11th century. A secon ...
s.
Capital
Its capital was in
Beyşehir
Beyşehir () is a large town and district of Konya Province in the Akdeniz region of Turkey. The town is located on the southeastern shore of Lake Beyşehir and is marked to the west and the southwest by the steep lines and forests of the Taurus ...
.
Foundation
It was one of the frontier principalities established by
Oghuz Turkish clans after the decline of
Sultanate of Rum
fa, سلجوقیان روم ()
, status =
, government_type = Hereditary monarchyTriarchy (1249–1254)Diarchy (1257–1262)
, year_start = 1077
, year_end = 1308
, p1 = By ...
.
End of dynasty
The dynasty ended when Mubariz al-Din Mehmed was executed by
Timurtash
Ala ud-Din Timurtash (died 1328; also Temürtaš or Timür-Tash, tr, Demirtaş Noyan) was a member of the Chupanid family who dominated politics in the final years of the Ilkhanate.
Early life
He was born to Chupan as his second son . Timurtas ...
.
List of rulers
* Sulayman ibn Eshref Bey (1280-1302)
* Mubariz al-Din Mehmed Bey (1302-1320)
* Sulayman II Bey (1320–26)
See also
*
Eşrefoğlu Mosque
Eşrefoğlu Mosque is a 13th-century mosque in Beyşehir, Konya Province, Turkey
It is situated north of the Beyşehir Lake
History
During the last years of Seljuks of Rum, various governors of Seljuks enjoyed a partial independency. The ...
Literature
* Claude Cahen: ''Pre-Ottoman Turkey'', 1969
References
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Anatolian beyliks
History of Konya Province
States and territories established in the 1280s