Anatolian beyliks

Anatolian beyliks
Anatolian Turkish Beyliks map.

Anatolian beyliks, Turkish beyliks or Turkmen beyliks (Turkish: Anadolu Beylikleri, Ottoman Turkish: Tevâif-i mülûk, Beylik Turkish pronunciation: [bejlic]) were small Turkish Muslim emirates or principalities governed by Beys, which were founded across Anatolia at the end of the 11th century in a first period, and more extensively during the decline of the Seljuq Sultanate of Rûm during the second half of the 13th century.

The word "beylik" denotes the territory under the jurisdiction of a Bey, roughly translated "Lord". Aside from its Anatolian context, the term is also used with reference to the 16th century Ottoman governmental institutions in the largely autonomous regencies along the coastline of present-day Tunisia and Algeria.[1]

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History

Following the 1071 Seljuq victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of Manzikert and the subsequent conquest of Anatolia, Oghuz clans began settling in present-day Turkey. The Seljuq Sultanate's central power established in Konya employed these clans especially in border areas, in order to ensure safety against the Byzantines, under Beys called uç beyi or uj begi ( is a Turkish term for a border territory; cf. marches) (Thus uç beyi is similar to margrave in Europe). These clans, led by beys, would receive military and financial aid from the Seljuqs in return for their services, and acted as if owing full allegiance to their sovereignty.

However, with the Mongol invasions from the east, the Seljuq power deteriorated and instead Ilkhanate commanders in Anatolia gained strength and authority, which encouraged the beys to declare sovereignty openly. Following the fall of the centralized power in Konya, many Beys joined forces with the atabegs (former Seljuq leaders) and other religious Muslim leaders and warriors from Persia and Turkistan fleeing the Mongols, invading the Byzantine empire where they established emirates. To maintain control of their new territory, these reestablished emirs employed Ghazi warriors from Persia and Turkistan who also fled the Mongols. The ghazis fought under the inspiration of either a mullah or a general, trying to assert Islamic power, their assaults of the reestablished emirs upon the Byzantine Empire reaching even further expanded the power sphere of the beyliks. When the Byzantine empire weakened, their cities in Asia Minor could resist the assaults of the beyliks less and less, and eventually many Turks settled in western parts of Anatolia. As a result, many more beyliks were founded in these newly conquered western regions who entered into power struggles with the Byzantines, the Genoese, the Knights Templar as well as between each other.

Beyliks and other states around Anatolia, c. 1300.

By 1300, Turks had reached the Aegean coastline, held momentarily a century before. In the beginning, the most powerful states were the Karamanids and the Germiyanids in the central area. The Beylik of Osmanoğlu Dynasty who were later to found the Ottoman Empire was situated to the northwest, around Söğüt, and was a small and at that stage, insignificant power. Along the Aegean coast, from north to south, stretched Karasids, Sarukhanids, Aydinids, Menteşe and Teke principalities. The Jandarids (later called Isfendiyarids) controlled the Black Sea region round Kastamonu and Sinop.[2]

Yivli Minare Mosque, symbol of Antalya, built by the Beylik of Teke circa 1375.

Under its eponymous founder, Osman I, the Beylik of Osmanoğlu expanded at Byzantine expense south and west of the Sea of Marmara in the first decades of the 14th century. With their annexation of the neighboring Beylik of Karasi and their advance into Roumelia as of 1354, they soon became strong enough to emerge as the main rivals of Karamanids, who at that time were thought to be the strongest. Towards the end of the 14th century, the Ottomans advanced further into Anatolia by acquiring towns, either by buying them off or through marriage alliances. Meanwhile the Karamanids assaulted the Ottomans many times with the help of other beyliks, Mamluks, Aq Qoyunlu (White Sheep Turkomans) ("White Sheep") Turkmens, Byzantines, Pontics and Hungarians, failing and losing power every time. By the close of the century, the early Ottoman leaders had conquered large parts of land from Karamanids and other less prominent beyliks. These had a short respite when their territories were restored to them after the Ottoman defeat suffered against Tamerlane in 1402 in the Battle of Ankara.

But the Ottoman state quickly collected itself under Mehmed I and his son Murad II re-incorporated most of these beyliks into Ottoman territory in a space of around 25 years. The final blow for the Karamanids was struck by Mehmed II who conquered their lands and re-assured a homogeneous rule in Anatolia. The further steps towards a single rule by the Ottomans were taken by Selim I who conquered territories of Ramadanids and Dulkadirids in 1515 during his campaign against the Mamluks, and his son Süleyman the Magnificent who more or less completely united the present territories of Turkey (and much more) in his 1534 campaign.

Many of the former Anatolian beyliks became the basis for administrative subdivisions in the Ottoman Empire.

List of the Anatolian beyliks founded after the Battle of Manzikert

Divriği Great Mosque in UNESCO World Heritage List, built in 1299 by a descendant of the first period Mengujekids.
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Seljuq dynasty 1071–1325
Great Seljuq Empire 1071–1194
Sultanate of Rum 1075–1307
Under The Seljuks after 1071
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   • Mengujekids 1072–1277
   • Ahlatshahs 1085–1207
   • Saltukids 1072-1202
   • Beylik of İnal 1096–1183
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• Karamanids 1250–1487
• Isfendiyarids 1291–1461
• Germiyanids 1300–1429
• Aydinids 1300–1425
Beylik of Teke 1321–1425
Menteşe 1261–1424
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Kadi Burhan al-Din 1381–1398
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In the list below, only the beyliks that were founded immediately after the Battle of Manzikert in 1071, mostly situated towards the Eastern Anatolia, and who were vassals (or sometimes at war) to the centralized power of Seljuq Sultanate of Rûm based in Konya are listed.

Founded after the Battle of Malazgirt:

Beylik's name Capital city Duration of rule
Chaka of Smyrna İzmir 1081–1098
Ahlatshahs (also called Sökmenli) Ahlat 1085–1207
Artuqids (three branches) Hasankeyf, Mardin, Harput last branch was ended in 1409
Danishmend Sivas 1071–1178
Dilmaçoğlu Bitlis 1085 - 1398
İnaloğlu Diyarbekir 1095–1183
Mengujekids Erzincan, later Divriği 1072–1277
Saltukids Erzurum 1072–1202

List of the Anatolian beyliks founded after the Battle of Köse Dağ

A second group beyliks that emerged as a result of the weakening of this central state under the Mongol blow with the Battle of Köse Dağ in 1243 which had the indirect consequence of extending the Turkish aire in Western Anatolia toward the end of the 13th century.

Founded after the Battle of Köse Dağ:

Beylik's name Capital city Duration of rule
Alaiye Alanya 1293-1471 as vassals to Karamanids
Aydinids Birgi, later Ayasluğ (Selçuk) 1300–1425
Jandarids (later called Isfendiyarids) Eflani, later Kastamonu, last Sinop 1291–1461
Chobanids Kastamonu (preceding the Jandarids) 1211–1309
Dulkadirids Elbistan, later Maraş 1348–1507
Eretnids Sivas, later Kayseri 1335–1390
Erzincan Erzincan 1379–1410
Eshrefids Beyşehir 1285–1326
Germiyanids Kütahya 1300–1429
Hamidids Eğirdir 1300–1391
Kadi Burhan al-Din Sivas (replacing the Eretnids) 1381–1398
Karamanids Larende (Karaman) 13th century - 1487
Karasids/Karası Balıkesir, later Bergama and Çanakkale 1296–1357
Beylik of Lâdik (also called İnançoğlu, dependent to Sahib Ataids and Germiyanids) Denizli 1262–1391
Menteşe Milas 1261–1424
Ottoman Emirate (later the Ottoman Empire) Söğüt, later Bursa, Dimetoka, Edirne and Istanbul 1299-1922
Pervâneoğlu Sinop 13th century
Ramadanids Adana 1352–1608
Sahib Ataids Afyonkarahisar 1275–1341
Sarukhanids Manisa 1300–1410
Beylik of Teke (issued from the Hamidids) Antalya, later Korkuteli 1321–1423

Two specific cases

Two specific cases involve entities that lasted during the reign of one man: Chaka Bey's Beylik centered in İzmir and parallel to the first Turkish spread in western Anatolia in late 11th century, and the Beylik of Kadi Burhan al-Din, vizier of the Eretnids who replaced the ruling dynasty and reigned as centered in Kayseri between 1381-1398. The Beylik of Alaiye, centered in Alanya, were vassals either to Karamanids, or to other neighboring powers for the most part of their existence. Many of the other Beyliks also owed allegiance or were tributary to outside powers during parts of their existence.

List of the non-Turkic (and non-Muslim) Anatolian states

Language and legacy

Combined with the Seljuqs and the immigration of Turkic tribes into the Anatolian mainland the Anatolian Beyliks spread Turkish and Islamic influence in Anatolia.[3] Unlike the Seljuqs, whose language of administration was Persian, the Anatolian Turkish emirates adopted spoken Turkish as their formal literary language.[4] The Turkish language achieved widespread use in these principalities and reached its highest sophistication during the Ottoman era.[5]

Art

İsa Bey Mosque in Selçuk near İzmir, built by the Beylik of Aydinids in 1375.

In spite of their limited sources and the political climate of their era, art during the Anatolian beyliks flourished, probably building the basis for Ottoman art. Although the artistic style of the Anatolian beyliks can be considered as representatives of a transition period between Seljuqs and Ottomans, new trends were also acquired. Especially wandering traditional crafts artists and architects helped spread these new trends and localized styles to several beyliks across Anatolia, which resulted in innovative and original works particularly in architectur]. Wood and stone carving, clay tiles and other similar decorative arts of the Seljuqs were still used, however with the influence of the pursuit for new spaces and its reflections in other arts as well.

Some representative examples of the Anatolian beyliks' architecture are İlyas Mosque at Balat (Milet) (1404), İsabey Mosque at Selçuk (1375), Ulucami Mosque at Birgi (1312) built by the Aydın beylik. The above mosques, although being successors of Seljuq architecture, differ greatly in the increase of decorations in the interior and exterior spaces and the different placement of the courtyards and minarets. Karaman beylik also left noteworthy architectural works, such as Ulucami Mosque in Ermenek (1302), Hatuniye Madrassa in Karaman (1382), Akmedrese Madrassa in Niğde (1409), all of which respect a new style that considers and incorporates the exterior surroundings also. One of the first examples of the Anatolian beylik architecture hinting at the forming of the Ottoman architecture that aims at uniting the interior space beneath one big dome and forming a monumental architectural structure is Ulucami Mosque in Manisa (1374) built by the Saruhan beylik. Also worth noting is the increase in constructions of madrassas that points at the beyliks' attaching greater importance to sciences.

Anatolian Beylik architecture

  • Ulucami Mosque in Ermenek (1302)
  • Ulucami Mosque in Manisa (1374)
  • İsabey Mosque at Selçuk (1375)
  • Hatuniye Madrassa in Karaman (1382)
  • İlyas Mosque at Balat (Milet) (1404)
  • Akmedrese Madrassa in Niğde (1409)

See also

References

External links

Footnotes

  1. ^ (limited preview) Mohamed Hedi Cherif - Daniel Panzac (1995) (in French). Histoire économique et sociale de l'Empire ottoman et de la Turquie (1326-1960) ISBN 90-6831-799-7. Peeters Publishers. 
  2. ^ (limited preview) Kate Fleet (1999). European and Islamic Trade in the Early Ottoman State: The Merchants of Genoa and Turkey ISBN 0-521-64221-3. Cambridge University Press. 
  3. ^ Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire, Gábor Ágoston, Bruce Alan Masters, page 40
  4. ^ Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire, Gábor Ágoston, Bruce Alan Masters, page 40
  5. ^ Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire, Gábor Ágoston, Bruce Alan Masters, page 40

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