The Danishmendids were a Turkic dynasty operating in central Anatolia in direct competition with both the Seljuks and the Crusader states, and Yaghi-Basan's reign marks the period of their greatest territorial reach. Sivas served as one of their principal administrative centers, and copper dirhams from this mint circulated through a region that had changed hands violently and repeatedly in the preceding decades.
The dynasty was effectively absorbed by the Seljuks of Rum by 1178, making all Danishmendid issues terminal — no continuation, no successor coinage bearing the name.
The Danishmendids were a Turkic dynasty operating in central Anatolia in direct competition with both the Seljuks and the Crusader states, and Yaghi-Basan's reign marks the period of their greatest territorial reach. Sivas served as one of their principal administrative centers, and copper dirhams from this mint circulated through a region that had changed hands violently and repeatedly in the preceding decades.
The dynasty was effectively absorbed by the Seljuks of Rum by 1178, making all Danishmendid issues terminal — no continuation, no successor coinage bearing the name.