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Sarukhan (1300/01–1345/46) was a Turkish ''A History of the Ottoman Empire to 1730''
edited by M.A. Cook (Cambridge: University Press, 1976), p.16 At one point in 1336, Sarukhan formed an alliance with the
''History of the Ottoman Empire''
(London, 1854), p.308 In 1341 however he attacked
Sarukhan (1300/01–1345/46) was a Turkish Bey
Bey, also spelled as Baig, Bayg, Beigh, Beig, Bek, Baeg, Begh, or Beg, is a Turkic title for a chieftain, and a royal, aristocratic title traditionally applied to people with special lineages to the leaders or rulers of variously sized areas in ...
of Magnesia (present-day Manisa
Manisa () is a city in Turkey's Aegean Region and the administrative seat of Manisa Province, lying approximately 40 km northeast of the major city of İzmir. The city forms the urban part of the districts Şehzadeler and Yunusemre, with ...
, Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
).
Sarukhan was a Turkish Bey who is remembered for his conquests in the western Anatolia
Anatolia (), also known as Asia Minor, is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey. It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean ...
n Peninsula. In 1313, he occupied Thyatira
Thyateira (also Thyatira; ) was the name of an ancient Greek city in Asia Minor, now the modern Turkish city of Akhisar ("white castle"), Manisa Province. The name is probably Lydian. It lies in the far west of Turkey, southwest of Istanb ...
(present-day Akhisar, Manisa Province
Manisa Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in western Turkey. Its area is 13,339 km2, and its population is 1,468,279 (2022). Its neighboring provinces are İzmi ...
), and then left his name "Saruhan" to the region he had occupied, becoming an independent ruler and transmitting the region to his descendants.edited by M.A. Cook (Cambridge: University Press, 1976), p.16 At one point in 1336, Sarukhan formed an alliance with the
Byzantine
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Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos
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, and supported him militarily in two sieges against the Genoese, in Mytilene
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and Phocaea.Samuel Jacob''History of the Ottoman Empire''
(London, 1854), p.308 In 1341 however he attacked
Constantinople
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with a fleet, but was repulsed around the Gallipoli
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peninsula by a Byzantine
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fleet in 1341.
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