Ramadanid Emirate
The Ramadanid Emirate (Modern Turkish: Ramazanoğulları Beyliği) was an autonomous administration and a de facto independent emirate that existed from 1352 to 1608 in Cilicia, taking over the rule of the region from the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. The emirate was a protectorate of the Mamluk Sultanate until the end of 14th century, then it was de facto independent for more than a century, and then, from 1517, a protectorate of the Ottoman Empire. The capital was Adana.
Ramadanid Emirate Ramazanoğulları Beyliği | |||||||||
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| 1352–1608 | |||||||||
De facto independent Ramadanids in 1481 | |||||||||
| Status | Protectorate of the Mamluk Sultanate (1352-c.1397) De facto independent (c. 1397–1517) Protectorate of the Ottoman Empire (1517-1608) | ||||||||
| Capital | Adana | ||||||||
| Common languages | Turkish, Armenian, Arabic, Syriac | ||||||||
| Religion | Bektashi, Christianity (Armenian Apostolic Church, Syriac Christianity), Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Emirate | ||||||||
| Bey | |||||||||
• 1352 | Ramazan Bey | ||||||||
• 1608 | Pir Mansur Bey | ||||||||
| Historical era | Early Modern | ||||||||
• Established | 1352 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1608 | ||||||||
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The Ramadanid Emirate was the only emirate in Anatolia that was not a successor of the Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate. It is often misclassified as an Anatolian beylik, though it was an entity under the Mamluks. Cilicia was part of the Seljuks for a short time around the turn of the 11th century, and thus was not affected by the Sunni tariqa expansionism of the 13th century. In the late 14th century, the Yüreğir Turks moved to Cilicia and had a distinct culture with influence from Bektashi traditions of shamanic rituals along with Islam.