The Candar dynasty or the House of Candar, Beylik of Candar, Principality of Candar, also known as the Isfendiyar dynasty or Beylik of Isfendiyar, is an Oghuz Turkic princely Anatolian dynasty that reigned in the territories corresponding to the provinces of Eflani, Kastamonu, Sinop, Zonguldak, Bartın, Karabük, Samsun, Bolu, Ankara and Çankırı in present-day Türkiye from the year 1291 to 1461. Wikipedia