Ottomans · 1402
Battle of Ankara
Bayezid was captured and died in captivity. The Ottoman state nearly fell apart in eleven years of civil war among his sons.
Key facts
- When
- 1402
- Where
- Ankara, Turkey
- Sides
- Timurids vs Ottomans
- Commanders
- Timur vs Bayezid I
- Result
- Timurid victory
- Type
- Ottomans
- Chapter
- 5. The Ottomans
The wider picture: Three gunpowder empires
Mehmed II took Constantinople in 1453. Selim I conquered Egypt in 1517 and the caliphate passed to the Ottomans. Suleiman won at Mohacs in 1526, and a second siege of Vienna failed in 1683. Further east, Safavid Iran and the Mughals of India ruled at the same time.
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