Eretna

Eretna
Sultan
Silver dirham minted in the name of Eretna in 1351 in Erzincan. It includes an inscription in the Uyghur script that reads sultan adil.[1]
Sultan of the Eretnids
Reign	1343–1352
Successor	Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad I
Viceroy of Anatolia under Jalayirids
Tenure	1336–1343
Predecessor	Hasan Buzurg
Successor	Declared independence
Died	February–August 1352 Kayseri, Eretnids
Burial	Köşkmedrese, Kayseri
Consort	Isfahan Shah Khatun Suli Pasha (died 1339) Togha Khatun
Issue	Sheikh Hasan Izz al-Din Jafar Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad I
Regnal name Ala al-Din Eretna
House	Eretnid
Father	Taiju Bakhshi or Jafar
Mother	Tükälti
Religion	Islam

Ala al-Din Eretna (Old Anatolian Turkish: ارتــنــا; died February–August 1352)^[a] was the first sultan of the Eretnids, reigning from 1343 to 1352 in central and eastern Anatolia. Initially an officer in the service of the Ilkhanate officer Chupan and his son Timurtash, Eretna migrated to Anatolia following Timurtash's appointment as the Ilkhanid governor of the region. He took part in Timurtash's campaigns to subdue the Turkoman chiefs of the western periphery of the peninsula. This was cut short by Timurtash's downfall, after which Eretna went into hiding. Upon the dissolution of the Ilkhanate, he aligned himself with the Jalayirid leader Hasan Buzurg, who eventually left Anatolia for Eretna to govern when he returned east to clash with the rival Chobanids and other Mongol lords. Eretna later sought recognition from Mamluk Egypt to consolidate his power, although he played a delicate game of alternating his allegiance between the Mamluks and the Mongols. In 1343, he declared independence as the sultan of his domains. His reign was largely described to be prosperous, with his efforts to maintain order in his realm such that he became known as Köse Peyghamber (lit. 'the beardless prophet').

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