Beylik of Tacettin (Tacettinoğulları, Tacettinids) was a small Turkmen principality in

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in the 14th and 15th centuries.

Tacettin

After Seljuks of Anatolia were defeated by the

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in 1243, many small beylik (principalities) emerged in Anatolia. Tacettin of Canik founded his small beylik in and around

Niksar Niksar, historically known as Neocaesarea (Νεοκαισάρεια), is a city in Tokat Province, Turkey. It was settled by many empires, being once the capital city of the province. Niksar is known as "Çukurova of the North-Anatolia" due to i ...

, mid-north Anatolia in 1348.Tacettinoğulları page
/ref> His small beylik was one of the small beyliks which were collectively known as

Beyliks of Canik Beyliks of Canik ( tr, Canik beylikleri ) is a name given to a group of small Turkoman principalities in northern Anatolia during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Anthony Bryer connects the toponyme Chanik with the name "Chani" which the ...

. In 1378 he married

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, the daughter of the

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, the

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. In 1386 he fell in the battle during his campaign to Hacıemir controlled

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(ancient ''Cotyora'').

Mahmut

The next bey was Mahmut. During the early years of Mahmut's reign, the beylik was between two great powers: namely the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

to the southwest and Kadı Buhanettin to the south. Although Mahmut accepted Burhanettin's suzerainty he secretly encouraged Bayezit I of the Ottomans against Burhanettin. But the blow came from his brother Alparslan. Alparsalan revolted and captured most of his territory. Nevertheless, after Alparslan's and Burhanettin's death in 1398, he accepted the suzerainty of the Ottoman.Prof. Yaşar Yüce-Prof. Ali Sevim: ''Türkiye tarihi Cilt I'', AKDTYKTTK Yayınları, İstanbul, 1991 pp. 276-277

After Timur

In 1402 Turkic warlord

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invaded Anatolia and defeated Bayezit in the

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. During the chaos following the battle (

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), Mahmut Bey continued as an ally of the Ottomans. However, during the revolt of

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(the brother of

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), he supported Küçük Mustafa and killed Mihaloğlu Mehmet a descendant of

Köse Mihal Köse Mihal ( ota, كوسه ميخال) ( Turkish for "Michael the Beardless"; 13th century – 1340) accompanied Osman I in his ascent to power as a bey and founder of the Ottoman Empire. He is considered to be the first significant Byzantine re ...

and a partisan of Murat II in 1423. But after the battle, he was killed by his soldiers. He had two sons; Hüsamettin Hasan and Hüsamettin Mehmet Yavuz. Although the brothers tried to continue in

Samsun Samsun, historically known as Sampsounta ( gr, Σαμψούντα) and Amisos (Ancient Greek: Αμισός), is a city on the north coast of Turkey and is a major Black Sea port. In 2021, Samsun recorded a population of 710,000 people. The cit ...

and

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, their beylik soon ceased to exist in about 1428.

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