Menteşe
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Turkey
- Capital
- Menteşe district
- Official language
- Turkish
- Form of government
- monarchy
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- inception
- 1261-00-00
- topic's main category
- Category:Menteshe
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1425-00-00
- language used
- Persian
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- History
- Independent Beylik
- Ottoman Rule
- Legacy
- List of Beys
- See also
- References
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__NOTOC__ thumb|300px|The Beylik of Menteshe (blue) in 1300
Menteshe (, ) was the first of the Turkish Anatolian beyliks (principality), the frontier principalities established by the Oghuz Turks after the decline of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum. Founded in 1260/1290, it was named for its founder, . Its capital city was Milas (Mylasa) in southwestern Anatolia.
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