Ala al-Din Eretna

Ala al-Din Eretna (died 1352), of Uyghur origin, founded the Eretnid sultanate in central and eastern Anatolia. An officer under the Ilkhanid commander Timurtash, he came to govern Anatolia for the Jalayirid leader Hasan Buzurg and balanced between Mamluk and Mongol overlords. In 1343 he declared himself sultan.

In 1350 he seized Konya from the Karamanids. His realm stretched from Konya to Ankara and Erzurum, ruled from Kayseri. Known as Köse Peyghamber, 'the beardless prophet', for restoring order, he died in 1352.