Danishmend Gazi | |
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Bey Emir Gazi | |
Melik of the Danishmends | |
Reign | 1071/1075 – 1085 |
Predecessor | Position established |
Successor | Gazi Gümüshtigin |
Died | 1085[1] Cappadocia (modern-day Turkey) |
Father | Ali Taylu al-Türkmānī |
Religion | Islam |
Danishmend Gazi (Persian: دانشمند غازی), Danishmend Taylu, or Dānishmend Aḥmed Gāzī (died 1085), was the Turkoman general of the Seljuks and later founder of the beylik of Danishmends.[1] After the Turkic advance into Anatolia that followed the Battle of Manzikert, his dynasty controlled the north-central regions in Anatolia.