The Eshrefids or Ashrafids (
Modern Turkish: ''Eşrefoğulları'' or ''Eşrefoğulları Beyliği'' ) was one of the
Anatolian beyliks.
Capital
Its capital was in
Beyşehir
Beyşehir () is a large town and district of Konya Province in the Akdeniz region of Turkey. The town is located on the southeastern shore of Lake Beyşehir and is marked to the west and the southwest by the steep lines and forests of the Ta ...
.
Foundation
It was one of the frontier principalities established by
Oghuz Turkish
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*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
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*** Turkish communities and mi ...
clans after the decline of
Sultanate of Rum
fa, سلجوقیان روم ()
, status =
, government_type = Hereditary monarchy Triarchy (1249–1254)Diarchy (1257–1262)
, year_start = 1077
, year_end = 1308
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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)
See also
*
Eşrefoğlu Mosque
Literature
* Claude Cahen: ''Pre-Ottoman Turkey'', 1969
References
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Anatolian beyliks
History of Konya Province
States and territories established in the 1280s