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Mascara

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City in Algeria.

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Region
Maghreb
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Birthplace of
Lakhdar Belloumi
Home of
Lala Şahin Pasha

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وقعة نهر الماريتسا ⁦(صيرمن)⁩· Murad I· Lakhdar Belloumi· Lala Şahin Pasha

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islam.museum contributors. “Mascara”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/mascara/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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وقعة نهر الماريتسا ⁦(صيرمن)⁩

Maritsa (Sırpsındığı), early in Murad I's reign — al-Sallabi has a Balkan coalition of some hundred thousand camped on the river near Edirne when Lala Şahin's smaller Ottoman force struck before dawn and destroyed it, opening the Balkans to Ottoman advance; news reaching Cairo was met with seven days of public celebration.