Ruler · 1245 – 1277

Shams al-Din Mehmed

Lived 1245 – 1277; military personnel. Bey of Karaman of Karamanids, 1261 – 1277.

Wikidata's English label: Mehmet I of Karaman.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1245 – 1277; 32 years
In office: 16 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Karamanids
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Bey of Karaman

Karamanids · the 3rd of 5 dated reigns · 1250 – 1311

Nure Sofi1250 – 1256

Karaman Bey1256 – 1261

Shams al-Din Mehmed1261 – 1277

Güneri of Karaman1277 – 1300

Badr al-Din Mahmud1300 – 1311

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadthis entry

Reigned 1261 – 1277 · 16 years · came to it aged 16

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1277, the year they died

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