Polity Beylik of Erzincan

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Was an Anatolian Beylik in eastern Anatolia.

Establishment

  • January 1381: The Beylik of Erzincan declared independence.

Chronology

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1. Conquests of Bayezid I

Expansion during the rule of Bayezid I in the Ottoman Sultanate.

  • January 1399: Ottoman sultan Beyazit I annexed the Beylik of Erzincan.

2. Timurid invasions

Military campaigns of Timur (or Tamerlane), a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia.

2.1. Timurid invasion Anatolia

Was a Timurid campaign in Anatolia, which was occupied for several years.

  • January 1403: After the Battle of Ankara were the Ottoman army was defeated by Timur, the Beylik of Erzincan was re-established.

Disestablishment

  • January 1411: Kara Yusuf, the sultan of Kara Koyunlu, captured Erzincan and put an end to the beylik.