Suleyman Shah

Suleyman Shah
سلیمان شاه
Bey of the Kayı tribe (pre-Ottoman Empire)
Reign1214–1227
PredecessorKaya Alp
SuccessorErtuğrul
BornMay 1166 Khorazm[1]
DiedJanuary 1227 (aged 60)
Euphrates (near Aleppo)
Burial
SpouseHayme Hatun
IssueErtuğrul Ghazi
Gündoğdu Bey
Sungurtekin Bey
Dündar Bey
Names
Suleyman Shah bin Kaya Alp
FatherKaya Alp
ReligionSunni Islam

Suleyman Shah (Ottoman Turkish: سلیمان شاه; Modern Turkish: Süleyman Şah) was, according to Ottoman tradition, the son of Kaya Alp and the father of Ertuğrul, who was the father of Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman Empire.[1] Early Ottoman genealogies disputed this lineage, and either Suleyman Shah or Gündüz Alp could be Osman's grandfather and the father of Ertuğrul. An Ottoman tomb initially in or near Qal'at Ja'bar has historically been associated with Suleyman Shah.[2] He succeeded his father as bey in 1214 when he decided to lead the 50,000 strong tribe West in the face of Mongol invasion. After migrating to the North Caucasus, thousands of Kayis settled in Erzincan and Ahlat in 1214, while some of the other Kayi groups dispersed in Diyarbakir, Mardin, and Urfa.[citation needed]

  1. ^ a b "Biography of Suleyman Shah". biyografi.info (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  2. ^ Sourdel, D. (2009). "ḎJ̲abar or Ḳalat ḎJ̲abar". In P. Bearman; Th. Bianquis; C.E. Bosworth; et al. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (2nd ed.). Brill online.