Ahis

The traditional explanation for the name "Ahi" is that it is the Turkish pronunciation of the Arabic word "akhi", meaning "my brother".

A progression from aqi to akhi to ahi is "entirely consistent with the phonetic development of Anatolian Turkish".

After the Mongols began occupying Khorosan in the early 13th century, people from Khorasan took refuge in Anatolia and the Seljuk government settled some of the newcomers in the cities.

He worked as a leather dealer in Kayseri and began organizing Muslim craftsmen in the cities.

After the Battle of Kösedağ in 1243, Seljuks were puppets of Ilkhanate Mongols and during the power vacuum in Anatolia, various tribes or local warlords established their principalities as vassals of Ilkhanids.