Ishak of Karaman

Ishak of Karaman was a bey of the Karamanids, a Turkish principality in Anatolia in the 15th century.

He succeeded his father Ibrahim Bey in 1464. His mother was Turkish concubine, who Ibrahim later ordered to kill without Ishak's knowledge.^[1] He was the legal heir to throne, and his brothers opposed him.^[2] At the time of his father's death, he was a local governor in Silifke. When he tried to march to his capital Konya, he learned that his younger brother Pir Ahmet had put a claim on the throne. This resulted in an interregnum in the beylik. The help of Uzun Hasan, the sultan of Akkoyunlu (White Sheep) Turkmens enabled him to ascend to the throne, albeit for a short reign. Because, Pir Ahmet appealed to Ottoman sultan Mehmet II for help. He offered Mehmet some territory which Ishak refused to cede. With Ottoman help, Pir Ahmet defeated Ishak in the battle of Dağpazarı. Ishak had to be concerned with Silifke for an unknown time.^[3] The Karamanids principality soon fell to the Ottomans.

References

^ Bertrandon De La Broquiere’in Denizaşırı Seyahatı, (trc. İlhan Arda), İstanbul 2000, s. 188, 19
^ Iorga, Nicolae (2005) (in Turkish). Osmanlı İmparatorluğu tarihi, Vol 2 : 1451–1538 (translated by Nilüfer Epçeli). Yeditepe. ISBN 978-975-6480-17-5 p.147
^ Prof. Yaşar Yüce-Prof. Ali Sevim: Türkiye tarihi Cilt I, AKDTYKTTK Yayınları, İstanbul, 1991 pp 256-257

Regnal titles
Preceded by Ibrahim Bey	Bey of Karaman 1464–1465	Succeeded by Pir Ahmet Bey

[1] Bertrandon De La Broquiere’in Denizaşırı Seyahatı, (trc. İlhan Arda), İstanbul 2000, s. 188, 19

[2] Iorga, Nicolae (2005) (in Turkish). Osmanlı İmparatorluğu tarihi, Vol 2 : 1451–1538 (translated by Nilüfer Epçeli). Yeditepe. ISBN 978-975-6480-17-5 p.147

[3] Prof. Yaşar Yüce-Prof. Ali Sevim: Türkiye tarihi Cilt I, AKDTYKTTK Yayınları, İstanbul, 1991 pp 256-257

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v t e Anatolian Beys
First period (11th–12th centuries)	Danishmend Gazi Gazi Gümüshtigin Emir Gazi Melik Mehmed Gazi Yağıbasan Melik Zünnun Saltuk II Melike Mama Hatun (khatun) Sökmen el-Kutbî Sökmen ibn Artuq Ilghazi Belek Ghazi Husam al-Din Timurtash Rukn al-Dawla Da'ud Togan Arslan Tzachas
Second period (13th–15th centuries)	Husam al-Din Choban Yaman Candar Celaleddin Bayezid İsfendiyar Bey Gazi Chelebi Nure Sofi Karaman Bey Mehmet I of Karaman Güneri of Karaman Mahmut of Karaman Musa of Karaman Ibrahim I of Karaman Halil of Karaman Ahmet of Karaman Alaattin Ali of Karaman Şemseddin of Karaman Süleyman of Karaman Mehmet II of Karaman Muzaffer al-Din Yavlak Arslan Mahmud Bey Bengi Ali of Karaman Ibrahim II of Karaman Ishak of Karaman Pir Ahmet of Karaman Kasım of Karaman Süleyman of Germiyan Yakup II of Germiyan Dündar of Hamid Umur of Aydın Junayd of Aydın Saruhan Bey İlyas Bey of Saruhan Mesut of Menteshe Bozkurt of Dulkadir Shah Budak Kadi Burhan al-Din Alp Yürek
Seljuks of Anatolia, Ottoman Empire, Akkoyunlu and Karakoyunlu excluded