Candar dynasty
The Candar dynasty (Turkish: Candaroğulları), also known as the Isfendiyar dynasty (İsfendiyaroğulları), was an Oghuz Turkic princely Anatolian dynasty that reigned in the territories corresponding to the provinces of Eflani, Kastamonu, Sinop, Zonguldak, Bartın, Karabük, Samsun, Bolu, Ankara and Çankırı in present-day Turkey from the year 1291 to 1461. The region was known in Western literature as Paphlagonia, a name applied to the same geographical area during the Roman period.
House of Candar Candaroğulları | |||||||||
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| 1291–1461 | |||||||||
Arms of the House of Candar according to the Catalan Atlas. | |||||||||
Candaroğulları Beyliği Principality | |||||||||
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| Common languages | Old Anatolian Turkish | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Beylik | ||||||||
| Bey | |||||||||
• 1291 | Şemseddin Yaman Candar Bey | ||||||||
• 1461 | Kızıl Ahmed Bey | ||||||||
| Historical era | Late Medieval | ||||||||
• Established | 1291 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1461 | ||||||||
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The dynasty and principality, founded by Şemseddin Yaman Candar Bey, were incorporated into the Ottoman Empire by Sultan Mehmed II in 1461.
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