Jandar

The Candarids were an Oghuz Turkish dynasty of the Kayı branch who ruled Paphlagonia on the Black Sea from 1291 to 1461, with capitals at Kastamonu and Sinop. The founder, Şemseddin Yaman Candar, received Eflani from the Seljuk sultan Mesud II after rescuing him from Mongol captivity.

His son Süleyman conquered Kastamonu, Safranbolu and Sinop, ruling as an Ilkhanate vassal until Abu Sa'id died in 1335. In 1337 Süleyman still reigned, though his sons Ibrahim and Ali were rivals for the succession. Bayezid I took Kastamonu in 1391, but after Timur's victory at Ankara in 1402 the dynasty recovered its lands under İsfendiyar Bey, from whom it is also called the Isfendiyar line.

The Candarids remained semi-independent Ottoman vassals until Mehmed the Conqueror captured Sinop and annexed the beylik in 1461. Its last rulers entered Ottoman service as provincial governors.