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Rise of the Anatolian Beyliks
After the Battle of Köse Dağ in 1243 the Sultanate of Rum became a Mongol vassal;…
Timeline
- 1290–1293Central Anatolia · AnatoliaUnder direct Ilkhanid intervention, court infighting within the Sultanate of Rum intensified; the central government could not control local tribes, and leaders across the realm effectively went their own way.
- 1294–1299Anatolia in its entirety · AnatoliaMore than ten beyliks in the northwest, southwest, and center successively established their borders, attacking and annexing one another while jointly squeezing the remaining Byzantine and Armenian forces; Anatolia entered the age of the beyliks.
Sources
- The Formation of the Ottoman State, 1300–1453 — Cemal Kafadar (2009)
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition: Anatolia — Claude Cahen