The Eshrefids or Ashrafids (

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: ''Eşrefoğulları'' or ''Eşrefoğulları Beyliği'' ) was one of the

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Capital

Its capital was in

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Foundation

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

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End of dynasty

The dynasty ended when Mubariz al-Din Mehmed was executed by Timurtash.

List of rulers

* Sulayman ibn Eshref Bey (1280-1302) * Mubariz al-Din Mehmed Bey (1302-1320) * Sulayman II Bey (1320–26)

Literature

* Claude Cahen: ''Pre-Ottoman Turkey'', 1969

References