وقعة أنقرة وأسر بايزيد الصاعقة
وقعة أنقرة وأسر بايزيد الصاعقة
20 July 1402 CE · 804 AH
Ankara 1402 — Timur's host broke Bayezid's 120,000 in the July heat as his Tatar and Anatolian levies defected; the Thunderbolt died in chains the next year while Europe's kings congratulated Timur 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Anatolia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In time
Overview
The battle
It was a summer of intense heat, and many of Bayazid's soldiers died of thirst. The Tatar soldiers and the soldiers of the Asian principalities he had recently conquered fled and joined Timur. The Mongols won, and Bayazid was taken captive and died the following year. 1
Afterwards
The Christian states of the West rejoiced at Timur's victory and congratulated him. After the battle he took Iznik and Bursa, and freed Izmir from the knights of Rhodes. 1
Connections
- Had participant
- بايزيد الأول الصاعقة
People and things also explored
Sources
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001), p. 69-70
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islam.museum contributors. “وقعة أنقرة وأسر بايزيد الصاعقة”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/battle-ankara-804/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.