Key Facts
- Duration
- c. 1280 – 1391
- Founding ruler
- Dündar Bey (Felek al-Din Bey)
- Primary region
- Around Eğirdir and Isparta, southwestern Anatolia
- Annexed by
- Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I, 1391
- Successor administrative unit
- Ottoman Sanjak of Hamid (modern Isparta Province)
Imperial Zenith Metrics
Historical Trajectory
Phase I: Rise
The Hamidid beylik emerged in the late 13th century as the Sultanate of Rum declined. It was founded by Dündar Bey, whose father Ilyas and grandfather Hamid had served as frontier rulers under the Seljuks. Drawing on this hereditary authority, Dündar Bey established independent control over the Eğirdir and Isparta region of southwestern Anatolia, while his brother Yunus Bey separately founded the neighboring Beylik of Teke centered on Antalya.
Phase II: Zenith
At its height, the Hamidid beylik governed a compact but strategically situated territory in southwestern Anatolia, encompassing Eğirdir, Isparta, Akşehir, and Beyşehir. The dynasty maintained the administrative traditions inherited from Seljuk frontier governance, controlling key inland routes and lake districts that connected the Anatolian plateau to the Mediterranean coast, giving the beylik regional importance among the fragmented post-Seljuk polities.
Phase III: Decline
During the reign of Ottoman Sultan Murad I, Hamidid rulers were persuaded to sell the towns of Akşehir and Beyşehir to the Ottomans, gradually weakening their territorial base. The beylik was fully annexed by Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I in 1391. Its remaining lands were reorganized as the Ottoman Sanjak of Hamid, a unit that roughly corresponds to the present-day Isparta Province of Turkey.
Notable Imperial Reigns
Selected rulers mapping the empire’s trajectory