Turghudlu was a Turkoman tribe in central Anatolia.
Modern historian Faruk Sümer disputed claims that the tribe was of Tatar or Kipchak origin, citing the Ottoman historian Neşri and Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi, who described the tribe as Turkmen or Turkish, and also the Karamanid historian Shikari, who mentioned the tribe's eponymous founder, Turghud Beg, as the leader of the Oghuz or Turkmens. Shikari narrates that when the pastures between Konya and Ankara entered Karamanid rule, these regions were granted to Turghud Beg and Bayburd Beg. [1] Turghudlu was one of the constituent tribes of the Qizilbash groups under Safavid Iran. [2]
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Bayburdlu, or Bayburtlu (بایبورتلو), was a Turkoman tribe. Its name implies that the tribe's origins lay in and around the town of Bayburt in northeastern Anatolia. The anonymous Karamanid historian Shikari narrates that when the pastures between Konya and Ankara entered Karamanid rule, one half of the region was granted to Bayburd Beg, while the other half was granted to Turghud Beg, the eponymous leader of the Turghudlu tribe. According to the narrative in the Didighi Sultan Menakibname, Turghud Beg and Bayburd Beg were brothers and were dispatched to Anatolia (Rum) from Khorasan by Didighi Sultan, an influential descendant of the Sufi poet Ahmad Yasawi. The tribe dwelled in the northwestern parts of Iran and was loyal to the Safavids. Several tribe members were prominent figures during the Safavid rule of Iran. Qaraja Elyas Bayburdlu was one of Ismail I's commanders at the Battle of Sharur in 1501. During the reign of Abbas the Great, Shahverdi Beg Bayburdlu was a close friend of him, while Morad Khan Sultan Bayburdlu served as the governor of Arasbaran.