Menteşe (beylik)

The Anatolian beylik of Menteş (1260–1424), with its capital city at Milas in southwest Anatolia and headquartered in Beçin castle near that city, was one of the frontier principalities established by the Oghuz Turks after the decline of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum. The beylik (domain of a "bey" or tribal chieftain) had come into existence by 1290 and was named for its founder, Menteş Bey. The beys of Menteş were serious regional naval powers in their time. They also left important works of architecture, such as the Firuz Bey Mosque in Milas and İlyas Bey Mosque in Balat.

Menteşe (beylik)

The Anatolian beylik of Menteş (1260–1424), with its capital city at Milas in southwest Anatolia and headquartered in Beçin castle near that city, was one of the frontier principalities established by the Oghuz Turks after the decline of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum. The beylik (domain of a "bey" or tribal chieftain) had come into existence by 1290 and was named for its founder, Menteş Bey. The beys of Menteş were serious regional naval powers in their time. They also left important works of architecture, such as the Firuz Bey Mosque in Milas and İlyas Bey Mosque in Balat.