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Rise of the Beylik of Aydın

Type Event Region Anatolia Time 1290–1299

In the 1290s, the Beylik of Aydın rose in the Aydın basin of western Anatolia, becoming an important Turkish polity on the eastern Aegean coast.

Timeline

  1. 1290–1293Birgi · IoniaMehmed Bey broke away from the Germiyanids and established an independent beylik polity at Birgi in the Aydın basin, integrating the local Turkish and convert populations.
  2. 1294–1299Aydın plain · IoniaAydın forces pushed west to Tire and near Ephesus, controlling trade routes to the Aegean and beginning to build a fleet to raid Byzantine islands.

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