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took his place. He is famous for his victory over the Mongolians in 1260. As a result of this victory, the Mongolians could not set foot in Egypt. The Memluks ruled the country according to the Türkmen-Islamic tradition till 1527.

  

RESULOGULLARY Türkmen State

Resulogullary was a Türkmen who settled in Yemen. The son of Muhammed, Karun, known as Resul, was one of the Türkmen begs from among the Eýýubys who went to Egypt. Selahaddin ªah sent his brother Turan ªah to Yemen. Resulogullary went with him. Nureddin Beg of the Resulogullary held an important position in the state. He took power in Yemen on the death of the Eýýuby ruler Melik Mesud in 1228. In Yemen Nureddin Beg and his sons reigned till 1455. Resulogullary played an important role in the construction of Yemen.

  

OTTOMAN TÜRKMEN STATE

The Ottoman state was founded in Sögüt in 1299 by Osman Gazi, the son of Ärtogrul Gazi from the Kayi tribe of the Oguzs, who had come to Anatolia from Merw.

Alp Arslan had opened the gates of Anatolia with his Malazgirt victory over the Byzantines. The Türkmens rapidly began a great movement for the conquest and Islamization of Anatolia and established the Antolian Seljuk State in 1071. This state endured until 1308. As a consequence of the


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