…confusion the powerful Turkmen chieftain Muḥammad Beg Qarāĩānī seized Konya, established Turkish as the language of administration, and installed a puppet ruler (allegedly a member of the Seljuq family). These events prompted a Mongol counterattack to expel the Mamlūks and to replace Muʿīn al-Dīn Sulaymān Parvāna, who was himself condemned…
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