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Emir Gazi or known as Emir Melikgazi was the third ruler of Danishmendids and the elder son of Gazi Gümüshtigin.


Life

After Gazi Gümüshtigin's death, the country was divided into two. Emir Gazi ruled Sivas and surrounding, while his brother Sungur took
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. Sungur, later joined
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which was under control of
Kilij Arslan I Kilij Arslan ibn Suleiman (; ; or ''Kılıcarslan'', "Sword Lion") (‎1079–1107) was the Seljuk sultan of Rûm. He reigned from 1092 until his death in 1107. He ruled the Sultanate during the time of the First Crusade and thus faced the ...
. Emir Gazi was the father-in-law of Mesud I, son of
Kilij Arslan I Kilij Arslan ibn Suleiman (; ; or ''Kılıcarslan'', "Sword Lion") (‎1079–1107) was the Seljuk sultan of Rûm. He reigned from 1092 until his death in 1107. He ruled the Sultanate during the time of the First Crusade and thus faced the ...
. After Kilij's death, in 1107, he supported Mesud, which resulted with him taking the throne in 1116. After this Emir Gazi expanded his powers. He supported Mesud against Mesud's brother Melik Arab. In 1127, Melik Arab ambushed Emir Gazi's son Melik Mehmed Gazi and took him as prisoner. Later Melik Arab marched on Emir Gazi which was resulted in heavy losses. Later he took refuge to Byzantines. In 1130, he allied with
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against the
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r
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, who was killed in the subsequent battle; Bohemond's head was embalmed and sent to the
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in
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. Emir Gazi may have been able to conquer more territory in the
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if not for the intervention of
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, who wished to exert his own influence in Antioch. In 1131, he besieged the castle of Kaysun (today near the village of Çakırhüyük) in the
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, but retreated upon the arrival of Count Joscelin, whom Melikgazi believed had already died. As of 1134, Emir Gazi, '' Melik'' (''the King'') bestowed in recognition of their military successes by the
Abbasid The Abbasid Caliphate or Abbasid Empire (; ) was the third caliphate to succeed the prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (566–653 C ...
caliph A caliphate ( ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with Khalifa, the title of caliph (; , ), a person considered a political–religious successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a leader of ...
Al-Mustarshid.Claude Cahen cited in
Emir Gazi died at Pazarören,
Sivas Sivas is a city in central Turkey. It is the seat of Sivas Province and Sivas District.İl Beledi ...
in 1134, and the Danishmend state began to collapse under pressure from the Byzantines and the
Sultanate of Rum The Sultanate of Rum was a culturally Turco-Persian Sunni Muslim state, established over conquered Byzantine territories and peoples (Rum) of Anatolia by the Seljuk Turks following their entry into Anatolia after the Battle of Manzikert in 1071. ...
.


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{{Anatolian Beys Muslims of the First Crusade 1134 deaths Year of birth unknown 12th-century Danishmendid rulers