Saruhan Dynasty

Turkmen dynasty

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Saruhan Dynasty, Turkmen dynasty (c. 1300–1410) that ruled in the Manisa region of western Anatolia. The dynasty was founded by Saruhan, a tribal chief and frontier prince in the service of the Seljuqs of Anatolia who traced his descent to the Khwārezm-Shāhs of Central Asia; after its conquest of Manisa (1313), the dynasty’s principality extended its territories to the Aegean Sea. Surrounded by the Turkmen principalities of Aydın, Germiyan, and Karası, Saruhan became a seafaring state with a large fleet. It was active in the Mediterranean trade and supplied leadership, together with Aydın, to the gazis (warriors for the Islāmic ...(100 of 197 words)

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