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Beylik of Aydin Aydınoğulları آیدین اوغوللاری | |||||||||
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1308–1426 | |||||||||
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![]() Beylik of Aydın's Map during its peak (1315-1375) highlighting: Borders under Gazi Mehmed Bey Borders after conquests under Umur Bey the Lion Byzantine Empire territories Other Western Anatolian Beyliks Black "X" showing Umur Bey's aidsRed "X" showing Umur Bey's raids | |||||||||
Capital | Birgi,Selçuk | ||||||||
Common languages | Turkish | ||||||||
Religion | Islam | ||||||||
Government | Beylik | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Collapse of theSultanate of Rum | 1308 | ||||||||
• Annexation by theOttoman Empire | 1426 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Turkey |
TheAydinids orAydinid dynasty (Modern Turkish:Aydınoğulları,Aydınoğulları Beyliği,Old Anatolian Turkish: آیدین اوغوللاری بیلیغی, also known as thePrincipality of Aydin andBeylik of Aydin (Aydın Beyliği), was one of theAnatolian beyliks and famous for its seaborne raiding.
The Aydinid dynasty is named after its founder, Aydin Bey.
The Beylik's capital was at first inBirgi, and later in Ayasoluk (present daySelçuk), and it was one of the frontier principalities established in the 14th century byOghuric Bolkars after the decline of theSultanate of Rûm. Its founders wereOnogur who belonged to theBoyasını Tribe³.
The Aydinids also held parts of the port of Smyrna (modernİzmir) all through their rule and all of the port city with intervals. Especially during the reign ofUmur Bey, the sons of Aydın were a significant naval power of the time.[1] The naval power of Aydin played a crucial role in theByzantine civil war of 1341–1347, where Umur allied withJohn VI Kantakouzenos, but also provoked a Latin response in the form of theSmyrniote crusades, that captured Smyrna from the beylik.
The Beylik was incorporated into theOttoman Empire for the first time in 1390, and after a brief period of independence following the conquests ofTamerlane inAnatolia in 1402 and the ensuing period of troubles that lasted until 1425, its territories once again became part of the Ottoman realm, this time definitively.
TheBeys of Aydin left important architectural works, principally inBirgi and Ayasoluk (Selçuk), their capital cities.
The city ofAydın (ancient Tralles) was named after the dynasty.
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