Arabic text, which he added later to the expanded Turkish version of "The History of Karaman".

A branch of the Bulgarian tribe, who from the time of the Seljuk and Karamans, after the Mongolians (hence after 1243 AD), lived in the area of ​​Beychehir in the endless Erenkollof mountain. Towards the end of the 15th and the beginning of the 16th century these Bulgarians chose for their queen a maiden named Katerina, who had 10,000 armed people.

When the Karamans, threatened by the Ottomans, retreated to the Bulgarian Mountains, the peasants from the borders of Konya to the borders of Beychehir remained under the authority of Katerina.

The Bulgarians of Katerina and herself were overthrown by the army of Selim before his march to Egypt and Arabia.

Particularly valuable are the notesof Necip Asım in the second half of the article on the language, religion and origin of these Bulgarians. He noted that "it may reasonably be thought that the Orthodox who are now in those places (from Beychehir to Konya) and speak Turkish, are the remains of those Bulgarians.

Asım highlights something very important, which is not written by other investigators, nor is it clear from the Karaman History, except for the name of the Queen of the Bulgarians from Beychehir to Konya, Katerina, in the annex to the extended Turkish version of the chronicle, which speaks of Christian origin: the language of these Bulgarians is Slavic, and their religion is Christian. This shows that they are from Balkan Bulgarians.

Asım affirms that the documents in his possession indicate that