Yağıbasan

Nizamettin Yağıbasan, or simply Yağıbasan (meaning "enemy raider" or "smashing the enemy") was the sixth ruler of Danishmendids and the uncle of Melik Zünnun.

==Background== After the Seljuk Sultan Alp Arslan defeated the Byzantine army in the battle of Manzikert in 1071, a series of Turkmen beyliks (principalities) were established on former Byzantine territory in Anatolia before their unification under the Sultanate of Rum. The Danishmend dynasty were one of the most important families of this period, establishing a series of Beyliks centered around Samasota. Following the First Crusade they dominated they were for a brief period on equal footing with the weakened Seljuks.