- Eretna
Eretna (Turkish
plural ; "Eretnaoğulları") was anAnatolian Turkish Beylik that succeeded the Ilkhanid rulers inAnatolia and that ruled in a large region extending betweenKayseri ,Sivas andAmasya inCentral Anatolia between1328 -1381 .The Beylik's last ruler was replaced by his
vizier Kadı Burhaneddin who reigned in the same region for another eighteen years, a period some sources consider as a continuation of the same institutional structure, while other sources treat as being separate.The dynasty's founder, Eretna, was an officer of Uyghur origin in the service of
Timurtash , the Ilkhanid governor of Anatolia. After his master unsuccessfully revolted in 1326 to found his own dynasty,Ilkhan Abu Said appointed Eretna a governor ofRum . Eretnids were able to establish their own beylik when the khan died in 1335 [Encyclopedia of Mongolia and Mongol Empire, "see:" Turkey and Mongol Empire] .Although short-lived, the Beylik of Eretna left important works of architecture.
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