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Name: Beylik of Aydin

Type: Polity

Start: 1309 AD

End: 1426 AD

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Was an Anatolian Beylik in western Anatolia.

Establishment


  • January 1309: In 1308 a leader of the Oghuz Turks named Aydınoğlu Mehmed Bey (...-1334) conquered the city of Birgi on behalf of his lord, the Bey of Germiyan Yakub I , only to decide later to keep it for himself and to make it the capital of an independent kingdom.
  • Chronology


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    1. Conquests of Bayezid I


    Expansion during the rule of Bayezid I in the Ottoman Sultanate.

  • January 1391: The Beylik of Aydin was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire for the first time in 1390.

  • 2. Timurid invasions


    Military campaigns of Timur (or Tamerlane), a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia.

    2.1.Timurid invasion Anatolia

    Was a Timurid campaign in Anatolia, which was occupied for several years.

  • January 1403: After the passage of Tamerlane in Anatolia in 1402 and the ensuing period of troubles, the Beylik of Aydin was able to reaffirm its independence.

  • 3. Conquests of Murad II


    Expansion during the rule of Murad II in the Ottoman Sultanate.

  • January 1427: In 1426, the Beylik of Aydin was annexed by the Ottoman Empire under the rule of Sultan Murad II. The Beylik of Aydin was a Turkish principality that had been established after the collapse of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum.

  • 4. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • November 1344: In October a league of Christian powers of the West, organized by Pope Clement VI, seized in Izmir, Aydın capital.

  • January 1403: After the passage of Tamerlane in Anatolia in 1402 and the ensuing period of troubles, the Beylik of Aydin was able to reaffirm its independence.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1427: In 1426, the Beylik of Aydin was annexed by the Ottoman Empire under the rule of Sultan Murad II. The Beylik of Aydin was a Turkish principality that had been established after the collapse of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum.
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