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Suleyman Shah of Germiyan

d. 1387 · 14th century

Suleyman Shah was a bey of Germiyan, a Turkish principality centred on Kütahya in western Anatolia. Around 1381 he married his daughter to the future Ottoman sultan Bayezid I, giving much of his land, including Kütahya, as her dowry. His court patronised Turkish poets such as Ahmedi and Şeyhi.

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