Alternate Turkish Empire

Notice that I did not use the word 'Ottoman'. This is because the question is which other ruling family in Anatolia could have formed what we would call an Ottoman Empire?

I am not good with pre-Ottoman ruling houses, but I know someone on this forum is. Which family could have built a great empire that would dominate the Ismalic world for centuries?
 

Keenir

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Notice that I did not use the word 'Ottoman'. This is because the question is which other ruling family in Anatolia could have formed what we would call an Ottoman Empire?

I am not good with pre-Ottoman ruling houses, but I know someone on this forum is. Which family could have built a great empire that would dominate the Ismalic world for centuries?

look at the Beylik Period - lots of good canidates there. or look at the returnees showing up during the Ottoman Civil War after Timur threw the area into chaos.
(possibly the Karamanids - yes, as in Karamanli, who headed Greece not too long ago from the present day)
 
I am not good with pre-Ottoman ruling houses, but I know someone on this forum is. Which family could have built a great empire that would dominate the Ismalic world for centuries?

Nitpick - non of the beyliks were Ismailic. They were all Sunni.

But there could have been a last-minute Seljuk revival. Or maybe the Germiyan, I think they were somewhat powerful before the Ottomans crushed 'em.
 
Nitpick - non of the beyliks were Ismailic. They were all Sunni.

But there could have been a last-minute Seljuk revival. Or maybe the Germiyan, I think they were somewhat powerful before the Ottomans crushed 'em.
I think he was actually mispelling Islamic. In addition to the Beyliks, weren't Qara Koyunlu and Ak Koyunlu Turkish?
 
I think he was actually mispelling Islamic. In addition to the Beyliks, weren't Qara Koyunlu and Ak Koyunlu Turkish?
They were rather Turcoman tribes, somewhat different in culture from the Anatolian Turks, the Turcomans where less sedentary and more nomadic. But if they where to expand more in Anatolia or change their power base to Central or Western Anatolia one might see them get absorbed by the Anatolian Muslims.
 
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