Eretna dynasty

Eretna dynasty, dynasty that succeeded the Mongol Il-Khanid rulers in central Anatolia and ruled there from c. 1343 to 1380. The dynasty’s founder, Eretna, was an officer of Uyghur origin in the service of Demirtaş, the Il-Khanid governor of Anatolia, who revolted (1326) against the Il-Khanid ruler Abū Saʿīd and escaped to Egypt. Eretna then became governor of Anatolia under the suzerainty of Ḥasan the Elder, ruler of Azerbaijan. After Ḥasan the Elder was defeated...