Artuqids

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After the dissolution of the Seljuk Empire, it succeded the Empire in Eastern Anatolia and northern Syria.

Establishment

January 1158: When Sultan Ahmad Sanjar died in 1157, the atabegs (governos) of the Seljuk Empire became effectively independent.

January 1158: After Seljuk sultan Ahmad Sanjar died in 1157, the empire fractured in many small domains. The Inalids established their domain in the territory around Amid (modern Diyarbakır, Turkey).

January 1158: The Beylik of Dilmac was established in the areas of Bitlis and Erzen after the death of the last Seljuk sultan, Ahmad Sanjar.

Chronology

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1. 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.

1.1.Timurid invasion Anatolia

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

January 1401: Under the pretext of defending the Muslim lords of Anatolia, Tamerlane began the invasion of Armenia and eastern Anatolia.

January 1404: Fortunately for the Ottoman dynasty, in 1403 Tamerlane returned with his army to Samarkand, because he wanted to conquer China.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

May 1183: The Artukids, who allied with Saladin, captured Amid and put an end to the Beylik of the Inalids.

January 1202: In 1201 the city and the province of Erzurum were conquered by the Seljuk sultan Süleymanshah II.

January 1225: Alaaddin Keykubat annexes a part of Artuqid realm (Harput and surrounding territory).

January 1233: The Artuqids of Hasankeyf become vassals of the Ayyubids.

January 1241: Diyarbakır conquered by Sultanate of Rum.

January 1341: According to the chronicles of the Byzantine Empire, the Aq Qoyunlu or Ak Koyunlu ("White Sheep Turkomans") Turkoman confederation is established in Anatolia as early as 1340.