Qaramanid beylik
بنو قرمان
Banu Qaraman, Turkmen amirs of Rum; they won a piece of the Rum lands between Sivas and the Ottomans' country — Antalya and the Alanya coast mountains to Konya — seated on the Armenian marches, their forefather the man who routed Hayton (Hetum) the Leo king of Sis in 720, their house bound thereafter to the Banu Uthman by ties and marriage until the Ottoman state absorbed them.
At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Anatolia
- Review
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Overview
The Qaramanids, Turkmen emirs in the land of Rum. They took a part of the land of Rum between Sivas and the land of the Banu Uthman, from Antioch and al-Alaya on the sea mountains to Konya. 1
Origin
They were on the borders of Armenia. Their ancestor is the one who defeated Hayshush ibn Lu'un, king of Sis among the Armenians, in 720 AH. 1
With the Banu Uthman
There were contacts and intermarriage between them and the Banu Uthman. Their affair lasted through the strife of the Turkmen, until their states submitted to the kings of the Banu Uthman. 1
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun, p.1553-1554
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