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Expansion of Anatolian Turkic Beyliks (c. 1301)

Type Event Region Asia Minor Time 1301–1310

Around 1301, as the Sultanate of Rum's central authority declined and Ilkhanate control weakened, Turkic beyliks across Asia Minor expanded their ter…

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  1. 1301Konya · AnatoliaAfter the Mongol conquest the Sultanate of Rum became a vassal; the central government was unable to control the provinces, and the Konya court's actual control over the western Anatolian beyliks existed in name only.
  2. 1302–1310Western Anatolia · AnatoliaOsman pushed east into Bithynia, Karasi held the southern shore of the Marmara, and Aydın and Menteşe vied for the Aegean coast; each beylik quickly filled the power vacuum left by Byzantine retreat, forming a fragmented political landscape of rival states.

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