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Zayn al-Din Karaja
Zayn al-Din Karaja was a Turkmen chief who founded the Dulkadirid beylik. In 1337 the Mamluk sultan recognised him as ruler of Elbistan and the uplands of the eastern Taurus, as a vassal guarding the Mamluk northern frontier. He later rebelled, was captured and was executed in Cairo in 1353, but his descendants ruled the beylik until 1522.
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