Aydinids

Beylik of Aydin
1308–1426
Capital	Birgi Selçuk
Common languages	Old Anatolian Turkish
Religion	Islam
Government	Beylik
Bey
• 1308–1334	Muharizalsîn Gazi Mehmed Bey (first)
• 1405–1426	İzmiroğlu Cüneyd Bey (last)
History
• Collapse of the Sultanate of Rum	1308
• Annexation by the Ottoman Empire	1426
Preceded by Succeeded by Sultanate of Rum Ottoman Empire
Today part of	Turkey

İsa Bey Mosque in Selçuk, built by the Aydinids in 1375

The Aydinids or Aydinid dynasty (also known as the Principality of Aydin and Beylik of Aydin (Aydın Beyliği), was one of the Turkish Anatolian beyliks and famous for its seaborne raiding.

History

The Aydinids also held parts of the port of Smyrna (modern İzmir) all through their rule and all of the port city with intervals. Especially during the reign of Umur Bey, the sons of Aydın were a significant naval power of the time.^[1]

List of rulers

1. Muharizalsîn Gazi Mehmed Bey (1308–1334)^[2]
2. Umur Bey (1334–1348)^[2]
3. Khidr b. Mehmed (1348–1360)^[2]
4. Isa b. Mehmed (1360–1390)^[2]

• Ottoman rule (1390–1402)

1. İsaoğlu Musa Bey (1402–1403)
2. Musaoğlu II. Umur Bey (1403–1405)
3. İzmiroğlu Cüneyd Bey (1405–1426)

Genealogy of House of Aydin

House of Aydin
Aydinid Beylik 'Mehmed Bey r. 1308–1334 Umur I r. 1334–1348 Khidr r. 1348–1360 Isa r. 1360–1390 Ibrahim Musa r. 1402–1403 Umur II r. 1403–1405 Junayd r. 1405–1426

See also

• İsa Bey Mosque
• Anatolian beyliks
• Ottoman Empire
• List of Sunni Muslim dynasties
• Umur the Lion
• Cüneyt Bey of Aydın

References

1. Hans Theunissen. "Venice and the Turkoman Begliks of Menteşe and Aydın" (PDF). Utrecht University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-27.
2. C.E. Bosworth, The New Islamic Dynasties, (Columbia University Press, 1996), 221.

Bibliography

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• Lemerle, Paul (1957). L'émirat d'Aydin, Byzance et l'Occident: Recherches sur la "Geste d'Umur Pacha". Bibliothèque byzantine: Etudes No. 2 (in French). Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.
• Mélikoff, Irene (1986). "Aydi̊̊n-Og̲h̲lu". The Encyclopedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume I: A–B. Leiden and New York: Brill. ISBN 9004081143.
• Uzunçarşılı, İsmail Hakkı (1984). Anadolu Beylikleri ve Akkoyunlu, Karakoyunlu Devletleri (in Turkish). Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi. pp. 104–120. OCLC 563553149.
• Zachariadou, Elisabeth A. (1983). Trade and crusade: Venetian Crete and the beyliks of Menteshe and Aydin (1300–1415). Venice: Istituto Ellenico di Studi Bizantini e Post-bizantini di Venezia. OCLC 144691037.

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