The Ottoman annexation of Konya, 880/1475

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1475 CE · 880 AH

Konya

After being occupied by Bayezid Yildirim, Konya was definitively annexed to the Ottoman state in 880/1475 together with the remainder of the Karamanid state. Ottoman documentary archives show that its waqfs and Seljuk and Karamanid institutions were in general maintained, but within that vast empire the city could no longer be more than a provincial centre 1.

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Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Anatolia

In time

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

In space

Konya

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Sides

The forces of al-Mustanjid bi'llah Yusuf ibn al-Mutawakkil

al-Mustanjid bi'llah Yusuf ibn al-Mutawakkil

The defenders of Konya

Konya

Summary

After being occupied by Bayezid Yildirim, Konya was definitively annexed to the Ottoman state in 880/1475 together with the remainder of the Karamanid state. 1

Continuity of institutions

Ottoman documentary archives show that its waqfs and Seljuk and Karamanid institutions were in general maintained; but within that vast empire, far removed from all the important areas, the city could no longer be more than a provincial centre. 1

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Occurred at
Konya
During the reign of
al-Mustanjid bi'llah Yusuf ibn al-Mutawakkil

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Sources

  1. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 5.1 p. 288
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