Eshrefids

The Eshrefids or Ashrafids (Modern Turkish: Eşrefoğulları or Eşrefoğulları Beyliği ) was a 13th-14th century Turkish Anatolian beylik.

Eshrefids / Eşrefoğulları
1280–1326
Capital	Beyşehir
Common languages	Turkish
Religion	Sunni Islam
Government	Emirate
Bey
• 1280	Suleyman ibn Eshref Bey
• 1326	Suleyman II Bey
Historical era	Late Medieval
• Established	1280
• Disestablished	1326
Preceded by Succeeded by Sultanate of Rum Chobanids

Capital

Its capital was in Beyşehir.^[1]

Foundation

It was one of the frontier principalities established by Oghuz Turkish clans after the decline of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum.

End of dynasty

The dynasty ended when Mubariz al-Din Mehmed was executed by Timurtash.

List of rulers

• Suleyman ibn Eshref Bey (1280-1302)
• Mubariz al-Din Mehmed Bey (1302-1320)
• Suleyman II Bey (1320–26)

See also

• Eşrefoğlu Mosque

Literature

• Claude Cahen: Pre-Ottoman Turkey, 1969