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Karahanlılar (940-1040 A.D. )

The Karahanlılar who ascended to the throne of the Great TurkishKhanate in 940 A.D. reigned in Central Asia. The adoption  of  Islam by Saltuk Buğra Khan who took the  name"Abdülkerim"  led the way for Turks to accept Islam at  a time when Islam was weakening. This situation gave  Turks  a distinguished place in the Islamic world during the  ensuing  years. 

Ghaznavids (962-1187 A.D. )

   The Ghaznavids were settled over nearly five million square kilometres, extending from Afghanistan, the Caspian coast, and Iran to the North of India. The Ghazna State was formed by Alp Tekin who was appointed Governor of Horasan during the period of the Samanogulları Emperor,
Abdülmelik. He marched on Ghazna in  962A.D.; overthrew the Samanoğulları  Emperor and formed the State. 
The Ghaznavidas who experienced their most  powerful and brilliant years during the period  of Sultan Mahmoud, lost their sovereignty  between 1072 and 1187 to the Seljuks who represented the Great Turkish Khanate.

The Great Seljuk Empire (990-1157 A.D. )

   The Seljuks originated from the Kınık branch of the Üçoklar tribe of the Oghuz Turks. The Oghuz Turks were dominant in the administration of the Turks when the Seljuks entered the scene.
   The first occupied Merv and afterwards, in 1038  Nishapur. Tugrul Bey was proclaimed emperor in  Nishapur. The wars between the Seljuks and the  Ghaznavidas ended on May 23,1040 in the Battle of  Dandenekan with the defeat of the Ghaznavids, and  Tugrul Bey  (1040-1063 ) became Khan. Alparslan, the cousin of Tuğrul Bey became Khan in 1063. Alparslan  increased the attacks against the forces of Byzantine  in order to decrease the pressure of the Byzantine  Empire on the Anatolian Turks.
    Melik Şah issued a firman in 1077, giving Anatolia to  his uncle Suleyman Şah, on condition that Anatolia  would be affiliated to his empire. Suleyman Şah took his place in history as the Conqueror of Anatolia and the founder of the Anatolian Seljuk Empire.

Anatolian Seljuk Empire ( 1077-1308 )

   The Anatolian Seljuk Empire which was founded with a firman of Sultan Melik Şah in 1077 developed in a short time. In managed to spread its sovereignty all over Anatolia by the time Süleyman Şah died on June 5, 1086. Meanwhile, the Crusaders posed a threat for this new state.
The Anatolian Seljuk Empire, after halting the occupation of the Crusaders, developed rapidly and reached its peak of power during the reign of Sultan Alaeddin Keykubat (1219-1237). Sultan Alaeddin who conquered Alaiye (today's Alanya) and gave it his name, centralised the beylicates in Trabzon and Kilikya and meanwhile took steps to show his power on the seas.
Harzemşahlar (1157-1231)
   Mohammed Harzem-Şah founded the State of Harzemşahlar in Gürgenç, which he pronounced capital of the state, after the death of the Emperor of the Great Seljuk Empire, Sulatn Sancan in 1157 and the didmemberment of his empire. They were weakened in 1220 by the Mongol occupation which started during the reign of Kudbettin. Kudbettin was unsuccessfull against the armies of Genghis Khan. After the murder of Celalettin Harzem-Şah, in 1231, the Çağatay Khanate became the Eastern Turkish Khanate.

Harzemshahs ( 1157-1231 )

   Mohammed Harzem-Şah founded the State of Harzemşahlar in Gürgenç, which he pronounced capital of the state, after the death of the Emperor of theGreat Seljuk Empire, Sultan Sancan in 1157 and the dismemberment of his empire.
The Eastern Turkish Khanate was assumed by the  Harzemşahlılar when the Seljuk of Iraq dispersed in 1194.  The Harzemşahlılar who moved their capital to  Samarkand,  became the rulers of a five, million square  covering, Iran, weakened in 1220 by the Mongol  occupation which started during the
reign of Kubbettin.


 

 

Turk - Mongol Empire

   The mongols who were originally from Altaic tribes as were the Turks, after the migration of the empire, Temuçin who became  Genghis in 1206, started to expand his empire.. The empire which covered all of Asia during the reignof Genghis Khan, after his death in 1227, was divided into four: China Mongols (Kubilay Dynasty, Iran Mongols (Ilhanlılar), Central Asia Mongols (Çağatay) and Kipchak Mongols (Golden Horde). In time, the Kubilay Dynasty was assimilated by the Chinese and the other three servived under the name Turk-Islam Empire, after adopting the Islamic religion.
 After establishing his sovereignty in Central Asia he  marched on the North Chinese Empire in 1211 and  conquered Peking in 1215.
He occupied the Nayman Turk Empire and conquered the whole of Turkestan after battles with the Harzemshahs.

Tamerlane Empire (1369 - 1501 )

   The childhood of Tamerlane, who gave his name to the empire, coincides with a period when there were continuous battles between Mongol khans and beys.After these battles, he once again turned to Anatolia and looted all of Anatolia, defeating the Ottoman Kahn Yıldırım Beyazıd in the Battle of Ankara in 1402. He was preparing to march on China, but died in 1403. Following his death, squabbles for the division of the throne among his sons and grandchildresn, weakened the country. It was destroyed by the Şahbanis in 1501. Tamerlane who joined in on the side of  Kazhan Khan continued to  fight after the  murder of Kazgan.
 After defeating the Çagatay Emporer, he  proclaimed himself "emir" "leader ruler,  prince" of the Mongols and Turks at the  Convention in Samarkand in 1369.
He destroyed the Golden Horde State in 1395 and conquered Iran, Eastern Anatolia and Baghdad.

Babur Empire ( 1526- 1858 )

   Babur, the son of the emperor of Fergana and the founder of an empire, was a descended of Tamerlane.
Following his fathers death in 1494, he could not survive in Samarkand and Fergana and went down south and conquered Kabul, thus laying the foundation for hisstate. Twenty years after this he marched again to the south and conquered Lahore in
1524 and Delphi and Agra after the battle of Panipat in 1526. The country was weakend during the period of Hümayan (1530-1556), but continued to develop during the reign of Ekber.
During the reign of Shah Alem (1759-1806), the British Trading Company, which gradually started to enter Indıa, began to administer the Bengal, Bihar and Orisa regions. In 1858, this company handed the administration over to Britain, thus ending the Babur Empire.

Ottoman Empire ( 1281-1922 ) Osman Bey

   The core of the Ottoman Empire, which reigned over three  continents for more than six centuries, was the  Karacahisar region. This region which was given to  Ertuğrul bey as a frontier beylicate by Alaeddin  Keykubat was inherited by Osman Bey, the son of  Ertuğrul Bey in 1281. Osman Bey enlarged the territory, which was abouth 4800 square kilometres at the time, taking advantage of the malfunctioning administrations of the byzantine and Seljuk Empires.

Orhan Bey

   Orhan Bey, replacing his father, resumed expansionist policies. He moved the capital of the state from Söğüt to Bursa after he conquered that city on April 6, 1326. Orhan's conquest of Iznik (Nıcaea) in 1329 which was an important city for Christian, caused great repercussions in Europe and the Near East.
Murat I
   Following his father's death, Sultan Murad I assumed the throne and conquests followed one another. The Conquest of Edirne in July 1362 opened the road to the Balkans for the Turks. Anxious about the march of the Ottomans on Rumelia, Hungarians, Serbians and Walachians were ready to meet them in 1364 in the Maritza valley 60,000 troops but were defeated at Sırpsındığı. The Battle of Kosova in 1389 ended in complete success for the turks, but Murad I, touring the battlefield just after the battle, was killed by a Serbian prisoner.

 


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