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Emirate of Antioch is a Turkish emirate affiliated with the Seljuk Empire, responsible for governing and defending the city of Antioch and the surrounding cities on behalf of the Seljuks. The founder and first emir of the Emirate of Antioch is Yağısıyan, a ghilman soldier of the Seljuk sultan Malik-Shah. After Yağısıyan Malik-Shah participated in the Syrian campaigns, he came to Antioch. He took it as Iqta land and received the title of Emir of Antioch.

The Emirate of Antioch played a major role in the Turkification and Islamization of Antioch and was the first step in the assimilation that would take place in the surrounding area.