, ▁& ▁collected ▁during ▁a ▁survey ▁of ▁that ▁coast , ▁under ▁the ▁orders ▁of ▁the ▁L ords ▁commission ers ▁of ▁the ▁Admir alty , ▁in ▁the ▁years ▁ 1 8 1 1 - 1 8 1 2 . ▁In ▁the ▁pre face ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁he ▁called ▁the ▁southern ▁coast s ▁of ▁An atol ia ▁as ▁Kar am ania ▁but ▁he ▁added ▁that ▁although ▁the ▁name ▁was ▁a ▁common ▁name ▁among ▁the ▁Europe ans , ▁neither ▁the ▁people ▁nor ▁the ▁government ▁of ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁Empire ▁used ▁this ▁name . ▁ ▁History ▁The ▁Kar aman ids ▁() ▁was ▁a ▁historical ▁dynast y ▁that ▁ruled ▁a ▁state ▁in ▁the ▁region ▁between ▁late ▁ 1 3 th ▁and ▁late ▁ 1 5 th ▁centuries . ▁The ▁state ▁was ▁founded ▁by ▁a ▁Turk men ▁tribe , ▁led ▁by ▁Kar aman ▁Bey , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁finally ▁incorpor ated ▁into ▁Ott oman ▁real m ▁during ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁Me h med ▁II ▁of ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁Empire . ▁( See ▁Kas ı m ▁of ▁Kar aman .) The ▁Kar aman id ▁state ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁the ▁southern ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁Central ▁An atol ia . ▁At ▁the ▁z en ith ▁of ▁its ▁power ▁it ▁also ▁controlled ▁the ▁central ▁portion ▁of ▁the ▁Mediter rane an ▁coast ▁of ▁An atol ia ▁ ▁( rough ly ▁C il icia ▁Tra che a ▁of ▁the ▁anti qu ity , ▁the ▁eastern ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁modern ▁Ant al ya ▁Province ▁and ▁the ▁western ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁modern ▁M ers in ▁Province .)