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İshak Bey

Type Figure Region Karaman beylik Time c. 1439–1483 Also known as İshak、Karaman Bey İshak

Ruler of the Karaman beylik (r. c. 1468–1483), son of Ibrahim II, who contested the throne with his brother Pir Ahmed and repeatedly allied with the …

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  1. c. 1439–1464Karaman · TurkeySon of Karaman's Ibrahim II, he grew up under his father's long reign, witnessing the repeated back-and-forth struggle between Karaman and the Ottoman Empire in central Anatolia.
  2. 1464–1468Konya · TurkeyAfter his father's death in 1464, a war of succession broke out with his brother Pir Ahmed; during this period he allied with Uzun Hasan of the Aq Qoyunlu and others against the military intervention of Ottoman Mehmed II.
  3. 1468–1483Karaman · TurkeyAfter defeating his brother in 1468 he formally took power, continuing to maintain Karaman's position as a buffer against the Ottomans in the east, maneuvering between the Aq Qoyunlu and the Ottomans until his death in 1483.

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