History of Sivas Province

The Danishmendids or Danishmends () were a Turkish dynasty. These terms also refer to the Turkish state in Anatolia. It existed from 1071/1075 to 1178 and is also known as the Danishmendid Beylik (). The dynasty was centered originally around Sivas, Tokat, and Niksar in central-northeastern Anatolia, and extended as far west as Ankara and Kastamonu for a time, and as far south as Malatya, which they captured in 1103. In the early 12th century, the Danishmends were rivals of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum, which controlled much of the territory surrounding the Danishmend lands, and they fought ext

Turkish sultan and poet

Anatolian Turkoman Dynasty

Turkish Beylik in Anatolia, between 1335-1381

Ottoman province

Ottoman province

Roman colony in Lesser Armenia

48 BCE battle

battle between the Byzantine Empire and the Paulicians in 872 or in 878