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Medieval BeyşehirEşrefoğlu Süleyman BeySeyfeddin Süleyman Bey founded the Eşrefoğulları beylik and made Beyşehir its centre.Medieval BeyşehirAlâeddin Keykubad IAlâeddin Keykubad I was the Anatolian Seljuk sultan who commissioned the Kubadabad palace beside Lake Beyşehir.Medieval BeyşehirSâdeddin KöpekSâdeddin Köpek was a Seljuk court figure associated with the construction of Kubadabad.Medieval BeyşehirEmir İsmail Ağaİsmail Ağa was a later medieval emir whose name survives in Beyşehir’s medrese and funerary record.Medieval BeyşehirSeyyid HârunSeyyid Hârun is a religious figure associated with the medieval foundation traditions of nearby Seydişehir.Modern eraAli AkkanatAli Akkanat is a Beyşehir-born educator, entrepreneur and benefactor whose work connected the district with Germany.Medieval BeyşehirTimurtaş and the end of the EşrefoğullarıTimurtaş, also written Demirtaş, was an Ilkhanid governor whose 1326 campaign ended the Eşrefoğlu beylik in Beyşehir.PeopleScholars and teachers from BeyşehirBeyşehir’s intellectual history runs through medieval patronage, Ottoman religious teaching and modern universities.