Musa of Karaman

Burhanettin Musa
برهان الدین
6th Beg of Karamanid
Reign	1312-1318
Predecessor	Mahmut Bey
Successor	Ibrahim
Reign	1352-1356
Predecessor	Şemseddin
Successor	Suleyman
Born	1279 Karamanid Emirate
Died	1356 (aged 77) Konya
Father	Mahmud bey

Musa of Karaman, a.k.a. Hacı Sufi Burhanettin Musa, was a bey of Karaman Beylik, a Turkish principality in Anatolia in the 14th century.

His father was Mahmut Bey. He succeeded his father in 1312.^[1] Although he appointed his brother Yahşi as the governor of Konya, the Seljuk capital, Emir Coban, the Mongol commander, captured the city and Musa had to be contended with the former possessions of his beylik. However, he even lost Karaman, his capital city (ancient Larende) to his rebelling brother İbrahim, who was backed by the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt. According to Ibn Batuta, in 1332 he was ruling only in Ermenek. But in 1352, after a chaos period in the beylik, he was invited to Karaman, where he ruled till 1356. In his last days, he went to battle with the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia and took many of their territories.

Musa died in 1356 at Konya he was succeded by his nephew Süleyman

References

1. Prof. Yaşar Yüce-Prof. Ali Sevim: Türkiye tarihi Cilt I, AKDTYKTTK Yayınları, İstanbul, 1991 p 244

Regnal titles
Preceded by Mahmut Bey	Bey of Karaman 1312–1332	Succeeded by İbrahim Bey
Preceded by Şemseddin Bey	Bey of Karaman 1352–1356	Succeeded by Süleyman Bey