Gazi Gümüshtigin

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Gazi Gümüshtigin
Danishmends
Reign1084 – 1104
PredecessorDanishmend Gazi
SuccessorEmir Gazi
Died1104[1]
FatherDanishmend Gazi
ReligionIslam

Gazi Gümüshtigin (died 1104), also known as Melikgazi Gümüshtigin was the second ruler of the Danishmendids which his father Danishmend Gazi had founded in central-eastern Anatolia after the Battle of Manzikert.

He succeeded his father when the father died in 1084.

During the

Crusaders recaptured Antalya and Malatya
from the Muslim Turks.

In popular culture

Turkish TV series Diriliş: Ertuğrul, which is based on Gazi Gümüshtigin.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Gümüştekin Gazi kimdir, nasıl ölmüştür?".
  2. ^ Fink, Harold S. (1969). "Chapter XII. The Foundations of the Latin States, 1099–1118" (PDF). A History of the Crusades: I. The First Hundred Years.: 380.
  3. ^ "Gümüştekin Gazi kimdir, nasıl ölmüştür?". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-01-09.
Preceded by
Danishmends

1084-1104
Succeeded by