emirate · Anatolia and the Levant

Taceddinids

1348 CE – 1428 CE (approx.) · capital Niksar

A small Turkmen beylik around Niksar in the hinterland of the Black Sea, closely tied by marriage to the Empire of Trebizond.

Origins

As Eretnid authority weakened in the mid 14th century, local Turkmen chiefs took control of the Pontic hinterland between Niksar and the coast. One of them, Taceddin Bey, founded a beylik around Niksar.

Rule and society

The beylik held the inland valleys and parts of the coast near Unye and ruled Turkmen tribes, including the Chepni. Its relations with the Empire of Trebizond mixed raiding and alliance: Taceddin married a daughter of Alexios III. Taceddin died fighting Trebizond in 1362. The beylik was later drawn into the struggles between Kadi Burhan al-Din and the Ottomans.

Decline and legacy

The beylik came under Ottoman control in the early 15th century and was absorbed around 1428.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Taceddinids. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/taceddinids
MLA
“Taceddinids.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/taceddinids. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Taceddinids.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/taceddinids.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Taceddinids’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/taceddinids (Accessed: ).

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