Pir Ahmad of Karaman

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Pir Ahmed of Karaman was a

Sunni Muslim Turkoman principality in Anatolia
in the 15th century.

Struggle for the throne

When his father

Dağpazarı. İshak escaped to Silifke
, the southern frontier of the beylik and Pir Ahmet assumed the title bey.

As a bey

He kept his promise and ceded a part of the beylik to Ottomans. But he was uneasy about the loss. So during the Ottoman campaign to west, he captured his former territory. However, Mehmet returned and captured both

Gedik Ahmet Pasha captured the coastal region of the beylik.[1]

Further struggles and death

Pir Ahmat as well as his brother

tımar (fief) in Bayburt, He died in 1474.[2]

References

  1. ^ Prof. Yaşar Yüce-Prof. Ali Sevim: Türkiye tarihi Cilt I, AKDTYKTTK Yayınları, Istanbul, 1991 pp. 256–258
  2. ^ Karaman History (in Turkish)

Sources

  • Langaroodi, Reza Rezazadeh; Cooper, John (2008). "Abū Bakr Ṭihrānī". In
    ISSN 1875-9831
    .
Regnal titles
Preceded by
İshak Bey
Bey of Karaman
1465–1466
Succeeded by