Karamanids
Beylik of Karaman | |||||||||
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| 1250–1487 | |||||||||
The Karamanid beylik and other eastern Mediterranean states in 1450 | |||||||||
| Status | Beylik | ||||||||
| Capital | Larende Ermenek Konya (1307–1468) Mut Ereğli | ||||||||
| Common languages | Persian, Old Anatolian Turkish | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Bey | |||||||||
• 1256? | Karaman Bey | ||||||||
• 1483–1487 | Mahmud Bey | ||||||||
| Historical era | Late Medieval | ||||||||
• Established | 1250 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1487 | ||||||||
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The Karamanids (Turkish: Karamanoğulları or Karamanoğulları Beyliği), also known as the Emirate of Karaman and Beylik of Karaman (Turkish: Karamanoğulları Beyliği), was a Turkish Anatolian beylik (principality) of Salur tribe origin, descended from Oghuz Turks, centered in South-Central Anatolia around the present-day Karaman Province. From the mid 14th century until its fall in 1487, the Karamanid dynasty was one of the most powerful beyliks in Anatolia.