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The House of Mengüjek (Modern Turkish: Mengüçoğulları, Mengücek Beyliği or Mengüçlü Beyliği; the reigning dynasty is known as Mengujekids or Menkujakids) was an Anatolian beylik of the first period, founded after the Battle of Manzikert. The Mengujekids ruled the regions of Erzincan, Kemah, Şebinkarahisar and Divriği in Eastern Anatolia in the 12th and 13th centuries.

Mengüjek Gazi

Little is known about the founder Mengüjek Ghazi.[1] He was probably one of the commanders of the Great Seljuk, and his principality seems to have been founded in the years following the battle. The beylik was split into the Erzincan and Divriği branches after the death of Emir İshak in 1142.[1] By 1178, Behramşah, of the Erzincan branch, had proved their allegiance to the Rum Seljuks through marriage.[2] While the Divriği branch under Şahinşah, recognized the Sultanate of Rum as their overlords by declaring it on their copper coins.[2]

The Erzincan branch was subjugated by the Sultanate of Rum in 1228,[3] and the Divriği branch was ended by the Ilkhanate in 1277.

Divriği Great Mosque

The Mengüjek dynasty is remembered primarily for its monuments in Divriği. The Divriği Great Mosque was built in 1228 by Ahmed Shah. The adjoining medical center, or Darüşşifa, was built in the same year by Turan Melik, daughter of the Mengüjek ruler of Erzincan, Fahreddin Behram Shah. Both buildings are on UNESCO's World Heritage List.[4]

Rulers

  • Mengüjek Gazi (1072-1118)
  • İshak (1118-1142)

Branch of Erzincan

  • Davudşah (1142-1162)
  • Süleymanşah (1151-1162)
  • Fahrettin Behramşah (1162-1225)
  • Alaeddin Davudşah II (1225-1228)

Branch of Divriği

  • Süleyman (1142-1162)
  • Şahinşah (1162-1198)
  • Süleyman II (1198-1227)
  • Ahmetşah (1227-1251)
  • Melik Salih (1251-1277)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Peacock, A.C.S.; Nur Yıldız, Sara (2015). The Seljuks of Anatolia: Court and Society in the Medieval Middle East. I.B. Tauris. p. 27. ISBN 1848858876.
  2. 1 2 Peacock, A.C.S.; Nur Yıldız, Sara (2015). The Seljuks of Anatolia: Court and Society in the Medieval Middle East. I.B. Tauris. p. 28. ISBN 1848858876.
  3. ↑ Peacock, A.C.S.; Nur Yıldız, Sara (2015). The Seljuks of Anatolia: Court and Society in the Medieval Middle East. I.B. Tauris. p. 30. ISBN 1848858876.
  4. ↑ "Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
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