Siege of Belgrade (1521)

فتح بلغراد (١٥٢١)

1521 CE · 927 AH† – 1521 CE · 927 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Belgrade

Draft card for the Siege of Belgrade in 1521, the city's fall to Suleiman the Magnificent at the opening of his conquests; its sources are not yet checked on the page.

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Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Anatolia
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In time

151015201530
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Gunpowder Empires

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Belgrade

Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph

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سليمان القانوني
Occurred at
Belgrade

People and things also explored

The battle of Mohács and the conquest of Buda· Franco-Ottoman Capitulations· Capture of Baghdad· The Ottoman Conquest of Rhodes· Siege of Belgrade· Great Siege of Malta (973/1565)· The first siege of Vienna· Sulayman al-Khadim's expedition against India

Sources

  • al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001)
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The battle of Mohács and the conquest of Buda

Mohács, 1526 — the Hungarian king's killing of Sulayman's tribute-envoy brought the Ottoman host that shattered Hungary in one battle and entered Buda on 11 September.