Husam al-Din Choban was a commander and bey in the

Sultanate of Rum fa, سلجوقیان روم () , status = , government_type = Hereditary monarchy Triarchy (1249–1254)Diarchy (1257–1262) , year_start = 1077 , year_end = 1308 , p1 = B ...

in the early 13th century.

During Keykavus term

He was probably a member of the

Kayı tribe Kayı can refer to: * Kayı (tribe) * Kayı, Çorum * Kayı, Ilgaz * Kayı, Kemer * Kayı, Mecitözü Kayı is a village in the Mecitözü District of Çorum Province in Turkey. Its population is 125 (2022). The village is populated by Kurds u ...

which is known as the founder of the

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(in the next century). According to

Ibn Bibi Ibn Bibi was a Persian historiographer and the author of the primary source for the history of the Seljuq Sultanate of Rum during the 13th century. He served as head of the chancellery of the Sultanate in Konya and reported on contemporary event ...

he was the governor of Kastamonu in 1211–1212 period. He was active in the

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, and especially in the domains of

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. He was present in the peace talks between

Keykavus I Kaykaus I or Izz ad-Din Kaykaus ibn Kayhkusraw ( 1ca, كَیکاوس, fa, عز الدين كيكاوس پور كيخسرو ''ʿIzz ad-Dīn Kaykāwūs pour Kaykhusraw'') was the Sultan of Rum from 1211 until his death in 1220. He was the eldes ...

and

Keykubat I Alā ad-Dīn Kayqubād ibn Kaykhusraw ( fa, علاء الدين كيقباد بن كيخسرو; tr, I. Alâeddin Keykûbad, 1190–1237), also known as Kayqubad I, was the Seljuq Sultan of Rûm who reigned from 1220 to 1237. He expanded the ...

, two Seljuk princes fighting for the throne.

During Keykubat term

Choban's greatest success was his

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n campaign. In 1214 the Black Sea port of

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was captured by the Seljuks. Main trade route was between Sinop was

Sudak Sudak ( Ukrainian & Russian: Судак; crh, Sudaq; gr, Σουγδαία; sometimes spelled Sudac or Sudagh) is a town, multiple former Eastern Orthodox bishopric and double Latin Catholic titular see. It is of regional significance in Crimea ...

in Cremea. But after the

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invasions Kypchak control on Sudak was weakened and the Seljuk-Kypcack trade suffered. Keykubat assigned Choban as the commander of the sea campaign to Sudak in 1223. Choban captured the city and the Kypchacks declared their loyalty to Keykubat. He returned to Sinop in 1224. According to

Selçukname ''Selçukname'' is an informal term used for any of a number of medieval chronicles about Seljuk history written by different authors, mostly in Persian. It is also used for the 15th century Ottoman chronicle '' Tevârih-i Âl-i Selçuk'' (''His ...

the history book written by

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, an Ottoman historian of the early 15th century, when Keykubat travelled to east to take precautions against a possible Mongol invasion, his regent in west Anatolia was Husam al-Din Choban with

Ertuğrul Ertuğrul or Ertuğrul Gazi ( ota, ارطغرل, Erṭoġrıl; tk, ; died ) was a 13th century bey, who was the father of Osman I. Little is known about Ertuğrul's life. According to Ottoman tradition, he was the son of Suleyman Shah, th ...

(father of

Osman I Osman I or Osman Ghazi ( ota, عثمان غازى, translit= ʿOsmān Ġāzī; tr, I. Osman or ''Osman Gazi''; died 1323/4), sometimes transliterated archaically as Othman, was the founder of the Ottoman Empire (first known as the Ottoman Bey ...

of the Ottoman Empire) and his brother being his subordinates.Yücel-Sevim p. 183

The beylik

In historical documents his name is not mentioned after the campaign to Sudak. But his son

Alp Yürek Alp Yürek was the second bey of the Chobanids. Reign It is thought that the period of his reign was short and there was no significant development in the Principality during this time. The reason for this silence can be cited as the fact tha ...

emerged as the founder of a beylik named Çobanoğulları.

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* {{Anatolian Beys 12th-century births 13th-century deaths People from the Sultanate of Rum People from Kastamonu 13th-century monarchs in Asia