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Ibrahim II

Type Figure Region Anatolia Time c. 1410–1464 Also known as İbrahim II、Ibrahim II of Karaman、卡拉曼奥卢易卜拉欣贝伊二世、Karamanoğlu İbrahim Bey II

Ruler of the Anatolian Karaman beylik, he long resisted Ottoman expansion, allying with the Aq Qoyunlu and Mamluks.…

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  1. 1424–1450Karaman · Karaman beylikAfter acceding in 1424, he maintained beylik rule around Konya and Karaman, maneuvering among neighboring Turkic polities and Ottoman power to preserve central Anatolian independence.
  2. 1450–1460Konya · Karaman beylikFacing Ottoman eastward advance, he allied with Uzun Hasan of the Aq Qoyunlu and the Mamluks, launching raids and pitched battles in eastern and central Anatolia, becoming one of the main obstacles to Mehmed II's unification of Asia Minor.
  3. 1460–1464Karaman · Karaman beylikThe Ottomans launched a large-scale campaign in the 1460s; Ibrahim II was defeated, captured and executed in 1464. After his son Ishak succeeded, the beylik nominally survived into the 1480s, and its wars with the Ottomans in the 1470s can be seen as a continuation of his anti-Ottoman policy.

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