Danishmend Gazi

Danishmend Gazi
Bey
Emir
Gazi
Melik of the Danishmends
Reign1071/1075 – 1085
PredecessorPosition established
SuccessorGazi Gümüshtigin
Died1085[1]
Cappadocia
(modern-day Turkey)
FatherAli Taylu al-Türkmānī
ReligionIslam

Danishmend Gazi (Persian: دانشمند غازی), Danishmend Taylu, or Dānishmend Aḥmed Gāzī (died 1085), was the Turkoman general of the Seljuks and later founder of the beylik of Danishmends.[1] After the Turkic advance into Anatolia that followed the Battle of Manzikert, his dynasty controlled the north-central regions in Anatolia.

  1. ^ a b ABDÜLKERİM ÖZAYDIN (1988–2016). "DÂNİŞMEND GAZİ (ö. 477/1085 [?]) Dânişmendli hânedanının kurucusu ve ilk hükümdarı (1071-1085).". TDV Encyclopedia of Islam (44+2 vols.) (in Turkish). Istanbul: Turkiye Diyanet Foundation, Centre for Islamic Studies.