Gazi Gümüshtigin
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Gazi Gümüshtigin | |
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Melik Emir Ghazi | |
Melik of the Danishmends | |
Reign | 1084 – 1104 |
Predecessor | Danishmend Gazi |
Successor | Emir Gazi |
Died | 1104[1] |
Father | Danishmend Gazi |
Gümüshtigin Gazi (died 1104), also known as Melikgazi Gümüshtigin was the second ruler of the Danishmendids which his father Danishmend Gazi had founded in central-eastern Anatolia after the Battle of Manzikert.
He succeeded his father when the father died in 1084.
During the First Crusade, he was directly on the path of the advancing crusaders. On the losing side at the Battle of Dorylaeum in 1097, he scored a success in capturing Bohemond I of Antioch in 1100. He continued campaigning, extending southwards and capturing Malatya in 1103 after the Battle of Melitene.
In popular culture[]
Turkish TV series Diriliş: Ertuğrul, which is based on Gazi Gümüshtigin.[2]
appears as a character called "Gümüştekin Bey" in theReferences[]
- ^ "Gümüştekin Gazi kimdir, nasıl ölmüştür?".
- ^ "Gümüştekin Gazi kimdir, nasıl ölmüştür?". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-01-09.
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Categories:
- Turkic rulers
- Muslims of the First Crusade
- 1104 deaths
- 12th-century rulers in Asia
- 12th-century Turkic people
- Danishmend dynasty