Suleyman Shah

Suleyman Shah was, according to Ottoman tradition, the son of Kaya Alp and the father of Ertuğrul, who was father of Osman I the founder of the Ottoman Empire. Early Ottoman genealogies disputed this lineage, and it may be either Suleyman Shah or Gündüz Alp as one of Osman's ancestors and father of Ertuğrul. An Ottoman tomb initially in or near Qal'at Ja'bar has historically been associated with Suleyman Shah. He succeeded his father as bey in 1214 and he decided to lead the 50000 strong tribe west in the face of mongol invasion. After migrating to the north caucasus thousands of kayis settled in erzincan and ahlat in 1214 and some of the other kayis dispersed dyarbakir mardin and urfa.