OTTOMANS (PART III)

Shajeer. S
Associate Professor & H.O.D
Dept.of Islamic History
University College
Thiruvananthapuram
TURKISH GHAZI STATES OF
ASIA- MINOR
MENTESHE
 Menteshe
 One of the earliest ghazi state founded by
Menteshe Bey
 Located on the extreme south- western
corner of Asia Minor
 Capital was Milas in South- Western Anatolia
 Menteshe bey , his sons and followers took
to sea raids in the Byzantine coast
Germiyan Dynasty
 Founded in 1286 with capital at Kutahya
 One of the prominent principality emerged
after decline of the Seljuk dynasty
 Sent raiders as far as the Aegean sea against
the Byzantines
GERMIYAN STATE
 Defeated and established independent
principalities in the coast of Aegean Sea
 Rise of Aydin , Sarukhan, Menteshe etc.
Aydin Dynasty
 Founded by Aydin Ghazi at Smyrna (modern
Izmir)
 Led raiders to Greek and the coast of Thrace
of Byzantine Empire
 Defeat of the Aydin in 1344 by a combined
army of Venice, Cyprus anf Rhodes
 They regained Smyrna from Aydin
 Aydin dynasty remained independent until
the end of fourteenth century when they
were subdued by the Ottomans
AYDIN STATE
 Saruhan Dynasty
 Founded one of the army leader of Germiyan
dynasty named Saruhan about 1300
 Its capital was Manisa
 Rose as as Aegean sea power
 Lasted till 1390 when Bayazid I captured the
area
 Final collapse in 1412 when Mohammed I
killed the last Saruhan ruler named Hizr
Karesi Dynasty
 Another principality founded by the Germiyan
commanders
 Built a sizable state around Mysia with capital
at Paleaocastro
 Karaman Dynasty
 Centred in the South- Central Anatolia( Asia
Minor)
 Belonged to the Salur tribe of Oghuz tribes
 From its foundation in 1300 until its decline 1487
Karamanid dynasty was a powerful force in the
area
 Offered the most persistent opposition to the
Ottomans
Principality of Usman (Ottoman)
 Began from the province of Sogut got as a fief
from Seljuks
 Its development as a Ghazi state and ultimately
one of the largest empire in the world- extending
to Asian, African and European continents