The Turkish historian Himmet Akın suggested that Junayd's father is to be identified with Ibrahim Bahadur, lord of Bodemya (Potamia) and a son of Mehmed Bey, a view also accepted by Irène Mélikoff in the "Encyclopaedia of Islam" article on Junayd.
The Turkish historian Himmet Akın suggested that Junayd's father is to be identified with Ibrahim Bahadur, a view also accepted by Irène Mélikoff in the "Encyclopaedia of Islam" article on Junayd. Ibrahim Bahadur was lord of Bodemya (Potamia). Ibrahim Bahadur was lord of a son of Mehmed Bey.