Söğüt principality of Ertuğrul

Target entity: Söğüt principality of Ertuğrul
Context triple: [Ottoman Beylik, predecessor, Söğüt principality of Ertuğrul]

• A. Candarid Beylik
  Candarid Beylik was a medieval Anatolian Turkish principality that emerged after the decline of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum and played a regional role along the Black Sea coast before being absorbed by the Ottoman Empire.
• B. Beylik of Saruhan
  The Beylik of Saruhan was a medieval Turkish principality in western Anatolia, centered around the city of Manisa, that emerged after the decline of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum and later became part of the expanding Ottoman Empire.
• C. Beylik of Menteşe
  The Beylik of Menteşe was a medieval Anatolian Turkish principality centered in southwestern Asia Minor, known for its maritime activities in the Aegean and its role in the fragmentation of Seljuk authority before Ottoman consolidation.
• D. Oghuz Yabgu State
  The Oghuz Yabgu State was a medieval Turkic tribal confederation in Central Asia that played a key role in the ethnogenesis and early political organization of the Oghuz Turks, including the ancestors of the Turkmens.
• E. Seljuk Sultanate of Rum
  The Seljuk Sultanate of Rum was a medieval Turko-Persian Sunni Muslim state in Anatolia that played a key role in the region’s political and cultural transformation before the rise of the Ottomans.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Söğüt principality of Ertuğrul
Target entity description: The Söğüt principality of Ertuğrul was a small frontier Turkic beylik in northwestern Anatolia that formed the early power base from which the Ottoman state emerged.

• A. Candarid Beylik
  Candarid Beylik was a medieval Anatolian Turkish principality that emerged after the decline of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum and played a regional role along the Black Sea coast before being absorbed by the Ottoman Empire.
• B. Beylik of Saruhan
  The Beylik of Saruhan was a medieval Turkish principality in western Anatolia, centered around the city of Manisa, that emerged after the decline of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum and later became part of the expanding Ottoman Empire.
• C. Beylik of Menteşe
  The Beylik of Menteşe was a medieval Anatolian Turkish principality centered in southwestern Asia Minor, known for its maritime activities in the Aegean and its role in the fragmentation of Seljuk authority before Ottoman consolidation.
• D. Oghuz Yabgu State
  The Oghuz Yabgu State was a medieval Turkic tribal confederation in Central Asia that played a key role in the ethnogenesis and early political organization of the Oghuz Turks, including the ancestors of the Turkmens.
• E. Seljuk Sultanate of Rum
  The Seljuk Sultanate of Rum was a medieval Turko-Persian Sunni Muslim state in Anatolia that played a key role in the region’s political and cultural transformation before the rise of the Ottomans.
• F. None of above. chosen