Gümüshtigin Gazi (died 1104), also known as Melikgazi Gümüshtigin was the second ruler of the

Danishmendids The Danishmendids or Danishmends ( fa, دودمان دانشمند; tr, Dânişmendliler) was a Turkish beylik that ruled in north-central and eastern Anatolia from 1071/1075 to 1178. The dynasty centered originally around Sivas, Tokat, and N ...

which his father

Danishmend Gazi Danishmend Gazi ( fa, دانشمند غازی), Danishmend Taylu, or Dānishmand Aḥmad Ghāzī (died 1085), was the Turkmen general of the Seljuks and later founder of the beylik of Danishmends. After the Turkic advance into Anatolia that ...

had founded in central-eastern

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after the Battle of Manzikert. He succeeded his father when the father died in 1084. During the

First Crusade The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Islamic r ...

, he was directly on the path of the advancing

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. On the losing side at the Battle of Dorylaeum in 1097, he scored a success in capturing Bohemond I of Antioch in 1100. He continued campaigning against the

, extending southwards and capturing

Malatya Malatya ( hy, Մալաթիա, translit=Malat'ya; Syro-Aramaic ܡܠܝܛܝܢܐ Malīṭīná; ku, Meletî; Ancient Greek: Μελιτηνή) is a large city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey and the capital of Malatya Province. The city h ...

in 1103 after the

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. Shortly after his capture of

Antalya la, Attalensis grc, Ἀτταλειώτης , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 07xxx , area_code = (+90) 242 , registration_plate = 07 , blank_name = Licence plate ...

in 1104 from the

, he died of an illness. Shortly after his death, the

recaptured

Antalya la, Attalensis grc, Ἀτταλειώτης , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 07xxx , area_code = (+90) 242 , registration_plate = 07 , blank_name = Licence plate ...

and

from the Muslim Turks.

In popular culture

appears as a character called "Gümüştekin Bey" in the

Turkish TV series Turkish television series ( tr, Türk dizileri) has grown radically since the 2000s. Most dramas reflect Turkish culture and are the country's most well known economic and cultural exports. Turkey is the world's fastest growing television series e ...

'' Diriliş: Ertuğrul'', which is based on Gazi Gümüshtigin.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gumushtigin, Gazi Turkic rulers Muslims of the First Crusade 1104 deaths Year of birth unknown 12th-century rulers in Asia 12th-century Turkic people Danishmend dynasty