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Kaya Alp

Kayı chieftain (r. 1200-14)

  • Fame50.0
  • Momentum1.0
  • Wikipedia4.1K
Lived 1150–1214, aged 64
  • Wikipedia
    13 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1150–1214
    Aged 64
Summary
Updated 2026-08-26

Kaya Alp was, according to Ottoman tradition, the son of Kızıl Buğa or Basuk and the father of Suleyman Shah or Gunduz Alp. He was the grandfather of Ertuğrul Ghazi and great-grandfather of the Ottoman Empire founder, Osman I. He was also famously known for sharing the name of Ertokus Bey's son Kaya Alp. He was a descendant of the ancestor of his tribe, Kayı son of Gun son of Oghuz Khagan, the legendary progenitor of the Oghuz Turks.

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Momentum1.0
Historical10.9
Now attention2.3
Source confidence60.0
Completeness25.0
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