Felek al-Din Dündar

The Hamidids' eponymous founder, Hamid Beg, and his tribe originally inhabited northern Syria and later migrated to Anatolia.

In 1240, Kayqubad's successor, Kaykhusraw II, granted Hamid Beg land around Isparta and Burdur as the local frontier commander.

[2] When Ilkhan Ghazan (r. 1295–1304), dismissed the Sultan of Rum Mesud II (r. 1284–97, 1303–8), Hamid took advantage of the political vacuum and declared his independence in the region spanning Isparta, Burdur, Eğridir, Agros, Gönen, Parlais, Keçiborlu, and the fortified town of Uluborlu as his capital.

[1] It is unclear when Hamid died and whether he was alive in those years, as various sources list his death as the late thirteenth century.

Taking advantage of Irinjin's poor administration troubled by local revolts, Dündar expanded his borders towards Antalya, Denizli, and Germiyan, promptly seizing Irle, Asi Karaağaç, and Tefenni.

[8] Upon the death of Mesud II, the last Sultan of Rum, the Karamanids annexed Konya claiming the legacy of the fallen Seljuk state.

After returning to Felekabad, Dündar issued silver coins for Öljaitü once again in 1314–15 and started paying an annual tax of 4000 dinars to the Ilkhanate.

[8] The Ilkhanid authority in Anatolia was weakened again soon after Chupan departed from the region and new internal struggles emerged when twelve-year-old Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan (r. 1316–35) rose to the throne following his father Öljaitü's demise in December 1316.

The Karamanids reconquered Konya, while Dündar took the major Mediterranean port city of Antalya and trusted his brother Yunus and his nephews with its administration, giving rise to the Teke branch of the dynasty.

In those times, Dündar ruled over nine cities, apart from Antalya, and fifteen fortresses, with thirty thousand infantry and cavalry under his command.

[8] In 1320, Timurtash, who succeeded his father Chupan as the Anatolian governor-general, restored Ilkhanid rule in Konya in 1320, but two years later, declared sovereignty through the khutbah (sermon) and coins in his name.

Modern historian Tahir Erdem identified Dündar's grave with Devren Dede's türbe (tomb),[a] which is located near the entrance of the citadel of Eğridir, relying on the similarity in pronunciation.