Şemseddin Yaman Candar ( Old Anatolian Turkish : شمس الدين يمان جاندار) , was the eponymous founder and first bey of the Candar dynasty and principality in late 13th century Anatolia . He reigned as Bey of the Principality of Candar from 1291 until his death in 1309.
3-617: Descended from the Kayı branch of Oghuz Turks , Şemseddin Yaman Candar was the son of Alp Arslan Yaman Candar Mehmed Bey. During his tenure as a senior commander in the imperial army of Seljuk sultan Mesud II , he was awarded the province of Eflani by the sultan for his distinction in service. In 1291, the Ilkhanid emperor Arghun , who had been suzerain of the Seljuks died. As
6-552: A result, in a bid to wrest for the Seljuk throne, Şehzade Kılıç Arslan , son of the late Sultan Kaykaus II who had previously been living in the Crimea made his way to Anatolia , where his principal allies were the Çobanoğulları . Meanwhile, Sultan Mesud II , elder brother of Kılıç Arslan, attempted to capture him but was defeated by Kılıç Arslan and his Çobanoğulları ally Yavlak, leading to Mesud being taken prisoner. In
9-661: The ensuing battle, Şemseddin Yaman Candar was successful in defeating the Çobanoğulları army and liberating Mesud II . As a result of his victory and liberation of Sultan Mesud , Yaman Candar was awarded the former Çobanoğulları possession of Eflani in the Black Sea region of the Anatolian peninsula as his fiefdom , from which the Candaroğulları dynasty was established with subsequent generations gradually expanding into neighboring provinces and reigning until 1461,
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