Menteşeids
The Menteşeids were a Turkish beylik centred on Milas in southwestern Anatolia. In 1337 Orhan Bey ruled its coastal lands, and its galleys demanded tribute from Negroponte and Venetian islands.
An earthquake weakened Menteşe in 1389, and it submitted to Bayezid I in 1390. After 1402 Timur restored the beylik under İlyas Bey; it accepted Ottoman overlordship in 1414 and was annexed in 1426. Seamen from Menteşe supplied roughly two fifths of the fleet that besieged Constantinople in 1453.
Characters
- Ahmed Gazi of Menteşe
- İbrahim of Menteşe
- Mehmet of Menteşe
- Menteşe Bey
- Mesut of Menteshe
- Musa of Menteşe
- Orhan of Menteşe