Musa of Karaman
Musa of Karaman was a the ruler (bey) of Karaman Beylik, a Turkish principality in Anatolia in the 14 th century.(Long name: Hacı Sufi Burhanettin Musa)
His father was Mahmut Bey . He succeeeded his father in 1312. [1]Although he appoinred his brother Yahşi as the governor of Konya, the Seljuk capital, Emir Coban, the Mongol commander, captured the city and Musa had to be contended with the former possesions of his beylik. However, he even lost Karaman, his capital city (ancient Larende) to his rebelling brother İbrahim who was backed by the Mamluks of Egypt. According to Ibn Batuta, in 1332 he was ruling only in Ermenek. But in 1352, after a choas period in the beylik, he was invited to Karaman throne where he ruled till 1356.
References
- ^ Prof. Yaşar Yüce-Prof. Ali Sevim: Türkiye tarihi Cilt I, AKDTYKTTK Yayınları, İstanbul, 1991 p 244