Beyliks of Canik | |||||||||
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| 1300s (decade)–1460 | |||||||||
 Shown as Canik, Center-east Black Sea coast, yellow | |||||||||
| Capital | (various) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Turkish | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Beylik | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Collapse of the Sultanate of Rum | 1300s (decade) | ||||||||
• Annexation by the Ottoman Empire | 1460 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Turkey | ||||||||
Beyliks of Canik (Turkish: Canik beylikleri) was a group of small Turkoman principalities in northern Anatolia during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Anthony Bryer connects the toponym Chanik with the name "Chani" which the Laz people call themselves.[1][full citation needed]
- ^ Bryer, 1975,127.