Institution

Beylik

Also known as beyliks

A beylik was a Turkic principality ruled by a bey, especially one of the small states that emerged in Anatolia after the collapse of Seljuk authority in the thirteenth century. One of these, the beylik of Osman I in the Bithynian borderlands near Bursa, lay on the frontier with Byzantium. It grew into the Ottoman Empire.

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Ottoman EmpireFoundationTimurid EmpireImpactFrench AlgeriaSocioeconomySultanate of RumImpact, Decline, Summary

Mentioned in 21 state histories

Sultanate of RumDilmaçoğullarıKaramanidsInançidsMentesheSahib AtaidsEshrefidsCandaridsKarasidsGermiyanidsSaruhanidsHamididsand 9 more

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Beylik. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/beylik
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