Ottoman conquest of Edirne

Name: Ottoman conquest of Edirne
Start: 1362-07

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July 1362 CE · Ramadan 763 AH

The conquest of Edirne was accomplished under Murad I by Lala Shahin Pasha, who defeated the city's tekfür at Sazlı-Dere, south-east of the city; the tekfür then fled secretly by boat from his palace on the Tunca, and in Ramadan 763/July 1362 the inhabitants surrendered on condition of living there freely ¹. Al-Salabi dates the capture to 762/1360 and describes Edirne as the second city of the Byzantine Empire after Constantinople ², while Freely dates it to 1369 ³.

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Era: The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region: Anatolia
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Overview

Edirne surrendered to the Ottomans in Ramadan 763/July 1362 on condition of free residence, after Lala Shahin Pasha defeated its tekfür at Sazlı-Dere ¹.

From conquest to capital

The city was the first important staging point on the main road from Asia Minor to the Balkans, and it became at once the forward base of Ottoman expansion in Europe ¹. Al-Salabi describes it as the second city of the Byzantine Empire after Constantinople ².

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Occurred at: Edirne
Had participant: مراد الأول· Lala Shahin Pasha

People and things also explored

The capital moves from Bursa to Edirne· Murad I builds the Old Palace at Edirne· Eski Mosque, Edirne· Uc Serefeli Mosque, Edirne· The first battle of Kosovo and the martyrdom of Murad I· Battle of Adrianople (1829)· وقعة نهر الماريتسا (صيرمن)· The Bayezid II complex (Beyazidiye) is built at Edirne

Sources

Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 2 p. 710
al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 57
John Freely, A History of Ottoman Architecture (2011) , p. 64

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The capital moves from Bursa to Edirne

Bursa remained the capital of the Ottoman state until about 1369 CE, when Murad I captured Adrianople (Edirne) and moved his capital there.