Yağibasan
Turkmen ruler
Also known as: Yaghibasan
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Yağibasan was a Turkmen ruler who held power in Sivas, a region in central Anatolia, from approximately 1164 to 1166. He was part of the Dānišmand dynasty, a Turkmen dynasty that governed parts of Anatolia from around 1071 to 1178. Yağibasan's rule was marked by interventions from the Seljuq sultan Kilij Arslan II, who eventually consolidated control over the Dānišmand territories, leading to the dynasty's end in 1178.12
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