Danishmend Emirate

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The Danishmend Emirate was a medieval Turkish principality in Anatolia that emerged after the Battle of Manzikert and became a significant regional power rivaling the Seljuks in the 11th–12th centuries.

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Label Occurrences
Danishmend Emirate canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic state ⓘ
Turkish beylik ⓘ
medieval principality ⓘ
alliedWith Sultanate of Rum (at times) ⓘ
various Crusader factions (temporarily, tactically) ⓘ
capital Niksar ⓘ
Sivas ⓘ
Tokat ⓘ
linked to: Tokat Province
coinage Danishmendid dinar ⓘ
linked to: Danishmendids
conflict Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Crusader states ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Anatolia ⓘ
culture Persianate court culture ⓘ
dissolvedBy Sultanate of Rum ⓘ
emergedAfter Battle of Manzikert ⓘ
endTime c. 1178 ⓘ
ethnicComposition Oghuz Turks ⓘ
linked to: Oghuz
foundedBy Danishmend Gazi ⓘ
governmentType hereditary monarchy ⓘ
historicalEra High Middle Ages ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Old Anatolian Turkish ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
militaryLeader Danishmend Gazi ⓘ
namedAfter Danishmend Gazi ⓘ
notableEvent capture of Malatya ⓘ
notableRuler Danishmend Gazi ⓘ
Gümüştegin Gazi ⓘ
linked to: Danishmend Gazi

Yağıbasan ⓘ
partOf post-Seljuk Anatolian beyliks ⓘ
predecessor Byzantine Empire in Anatolia ⓘ
region Central Anatolia ⓘ
Eastern Anatolia ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
rival Great Seljuk Empire ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk Empire

Sultanate of Rum ⓘ
script Arabic script ⓘ
sourceOfLegend Danishmendnâme ⓘ
startTime c. 1071 ⓘ
successor Sultanate of Rum ⓘ
territoryIncludes Kayseri ⓘ
Malatya ⓘ
Niksar ⓘ
Sivas ⓘ
Tokat ⓘ
linked to: Tokat Province
usedTitle Melik ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Danishmendids → country → Danishmend Emirate ⓘ
Crusade of 1101 → belligerent → Danishmend Emirate ⓘ