In the last period of Ibrahim Bey II, in other words, in the period of Fatih, the state had gradually been under the influence of Ottoman State. Fatih had married a daughter of Ibrahim II in the year of 1458. Ibrahim II had 10 sons and 7 of them were maternally from Osmanoglu lineage. Ishak, Pîr Ahmed, Kasım, Alâeddin who died in the beginning of 1446, Karaman, Süleyman, Nûre Sûfî, Yâkub, Younger Mustafa and Mehmed Beys. The first three sons, Ishak, Pîr Ahmed and Kasım Beys had been enthroned respectively.
Ishak Bey had been the crown prince of his father for 40 years and he had been the bey of Silifke before his enthronement. Pursuant to his sultanate for several months, he took refuge in Uzun Hasan Bey who had been the great enemy and rival of Fatih. He died in Diyarbakir in the year of 1465. His son and wife were taken prisoner by Ottoman State in the year of 1471. His brother, Pir Ahmed Bey who replaced him moved the capital city to Konya and had dominated for 5 years. In the course of the Otlukbeli pitched battle, he took side with Uzun Hasan against Fatih. His daughter, Halime Hatun died in the year of 1508. Kasim Bey who replaced him had been in the status of a county bey connected to the Ottoman State, and he had spent most of his sultanate years far away from his country with a title of claimant for the throne. He took refuge in the side of the Ruler Uzun Hasan together with his elder brother, Ishak Bey in the year of 1464. He also took side with Uzun Hasan in Otlukbeli War. He was the bey of county of Icel connected to Ottoman State in the years of 1482-1483.
Kasim Bey was replaced by his son-in-law, Turgutoğlu Mahmud Bey. He had dominated in Icel as the bey of country of Icel connected to the Ottoman State for 4 years and then, he could not establish dominion in this region any longer and took shelter in the Mameluke State in the year of 1487. Therefore, the Karaman matter was entirely resolved in the first years of Sultan Bayezid II. Thus, Osmanogullari had taken an important step in respect of the union of Turkey. Kasim Bey had had 3 sons.
The province of Karaman, in other words, the governorship of Karaman that was called as Taht-ı Karaman (Throne of Karaman) had been entitled to the most distinguished Ottoman princes in the beginning. These princes would ascend the throne of Karaman, in other words, they would become the kings of Karaman. These princes included the Prince Mustafa who was the elder son and Crown Prince of Fatih, the Prince Cem who was younger son of Fatih, the Prince Damad Abdullah who was the elder son and crown prince of Bayezid II, the Prince Sehensah who was one of the sons of Bayezid II that was born from Karaman princess and his son, Prince Mehmed-Shah. Afterwards, the province of Karaman had been given to bey governors out of the dynasty. Until the end of the empire and after the Reforms, the Karaman bey governorship that was called as the province of Konya (state) nearly matched the borders of the historical Karaman principality.
Karamanogullari (According to the Chronological Order)
1. Nûre Sûfî Bey (capital city: Ereğli) (1250?-1256?) 2. Kerîmeddin Karaman Bey (capital city: Ermenek) (1256?-1261) 3. Semseddin Mehmed Bey I (1261-1283) 4. Güneri Bey (1283-19.IV.1300) 5. Bedreddin (Mecdeddin) Mahmud Bey (19.IV. 1300-308) 6. Yahsı Han Bey (1308-1312=4) (capital city: Konya) 7. Bedreddin I. İbrahim Bey (1312-1333-21+1348-1349) 8. Alâeddin Halil-Mirza Bey (1333-1348) 9. Fahreddin Ahmed Bey (1349-2.1.1350) 10. Semseddin Bey (2.1.1350-1351) 11. Hacı Sûfi Burhâneddin Musa Bey (Capital city: Mut) (1351-1356) 12. Seyfeddin Süleyman Bey (1356-1357) 13. Dâmâd Alaeddin Ali Bey I (1357-1398) 14. Sultanzâde Nâsıreddin (Gıyâseddin) Mehmed Bey II (1398-1399-l 15. Dâmâd Bengi Alâeddin Ali Bey II (1418-1419=l+1423-1424) 16. Dâmâd İbrahim Bey II (1424-1464) 17. Sultan-zâde İshak Bey (1464) 18. Sultan-zâde Pîr-Ahmed Bey (1464-1469=5) 19. Kasım Bey (1469-1483=14) 20. Turgutoğlu Mahmud Bey (1483-1487=4) The End
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