Gazi Gümüshtigin

Not to be confused with Gümüshtekin or Al-Taj Gümüshtegin.

Gazi Gümüshtigin (died 1104), also known as Melikgazi Gümüshtigin was the second ruler of the Danishmendids which his father Danishmend Gazi had founded in central-eastern Anatolia after the Battle of Manzikert.

Gazi Gümüshtigin
Melik Emir Bey Gazi
Melik of the Danishmends
Reign	1084 – 1104
Predecessor	Danishmend Gazi
Successor	Emir Gazi
Died	1104[1]
Father	Danishmend Gazi
Religion	Islam

He succeeded his father when the father died in 1084.

During the First Crusade, he was directly on the path of the advancing Crusaders. On the losing side at the Battle of Dorylaeum in 1097, he scored a success in capturing Bohemond I of Antioch in 1100.^[2] He continued campaigning against the Crusaders, extending southwards and capturing Malatya from the Christian forces in 1103 after the Battle of Melitene. Shortly after his capture of Antalya in 1104 from the Crusaders, he died of an illness. Shortly after his death, the Crusaders recaptured Antalya and Malatya from the Muslim Turks.

In popular culture

Mehmet Polat [tr] appears as a character called "Gümüştekin Bey" in the Turkish TV series Diriliş: Ertuğrul, which is based on Gazi Gümüshtigin.^[3]

References

1. "Gümüştekin Gazi kimdir, nasıl ölmüştür?". 12 April 2016.
2. Fink, Harold S. (1969). "Chapter XII. The Foundations of the Latin States, 1099–1118" (PDF). A History of the Crusades: I. The First Hundred Years.: 380.
3. "Gümüştekin Gazi kimdir, nasıl ölmüştür?". Milliyet (in Turkish). 12 April 2016. Retrieved 2021-01-09.

Preceded by Danishmend Gazi	Melik of the Danishmends 1084-1104	Succeeded by Emir Gazi