emirate · Anatolia and the Levant

Teke

1321 CE – 1423 CE (approx.) · capital Antalya

A Turkish beylik on the Mediterranean coast around Antalya, a branch of the Hamidids that briefly lost its capital to the King of Cyprus.

Origins

In the early 14th century a branch of the Hamidids took control of Antalya and the surrounding coastland, known from its Turkmen inhabitants as Teke. Around 1321 it became a separate beylik.

Rule and society

The beylik lived from Antalya's port, which traded with Cyprus, Egypt and the Italian republics. Ibn Battuta visited in the 1330s and met its ruler Khidr Bey. In 1361 Peter I of Cyprus captured Antalya, holding it until 1373, when the beylik regained it. The Teke rulers built mosques and a madrasa in Antalya.

Decline and legacy

Bayezid I annexed Teke around 1390, and Timur restored it in 1402. Osman Bey, the last ruler, was killed besieging Antalya in 1423, and the Ottomans annexed the beylik.

Lineage

Hamidids 1300 CE – 1391 CETeke

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

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