The Eshrefids or Ashrafids (

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Capital

Its capital was in

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Foundation

It was one of the frontier principalities established by

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End of dynasty

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

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List of rulers

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

Genealogy of House of Ashraf

Literature

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eshrefids Anatolian beyliks History of Konya Province States and territories established in the 1280s