ارتنا

ارتنا

Eretna, a Mongol commander and founder of the Eretnid state in Rum; holder of the shihna governorship of the Rum lands in the Ilkhanids' last days — when their order collapsed after Abu Sa'id's death he seized his kingdom's throne at Kayseri and Sivas, annexing Aqsaray, Malatya, Samsat and the Armenian lands, and his son Ala al-Din Eretna and grandsons held it until the Turkmen states ended their line.