Karasi Bey

Karasi Bey (Turkish: Karesi Bey; died c. 1328), also known as Karasi Khan or Carases, was the eponymous Bey of the Karasids in northwestern Anatolia from the early 14th century to his death. Karasi and his father Kalam presumably seized the frontier of the Byzantine Empire near the ancient Mysia, excluding coastal regions, at an uncertain date. Karasi is absent from the chronicles of contemporary authors other than Gregoras. Later Ottoman sources described him as a nöker (vassal) of the Sultanate of Rum, during the first reign of Mesud II (r. 1284–97, 1303–8). Karasi likely died before 1328, when his son Demir Khan signed an agreement with the Byzantine Empire.