| Battle of Kıreli | |||||||
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| Part of the Ottoman-Aq Qoyunlu wars | |||||||
 The battle was fought in a place called Hüyük | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Ottoman Empire |
Aq Qoyunlu Karamanids | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Prince Mustafa Gedik Ahmed Pasha Koca Davud Pasha |
Pir Ahmad of Karaman Zeynel Mirza (POW) Yusufca Mirza (POW) Ömer Mirza (POW) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 20,000-30,000 | 60,000[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| small | Almost the entire army was destroyed | ||||||
Battle of Kıreli , phase in the Ottoman - Akkoyunlu and Ottoman - Karaman struggles.
The Ottoman army under the command of Anatolian Beylerbeyi Koca Davud Pasha and Karaman Beylerbeyi Mustafa Çelebi (son of Mehmed the Conqueror ), Mirza Yusuf Şah, nephew of Aq Qoyunlu Sultan Uzun Hasan , and the Aq Qoyunlu - Karaman army under the command of Karaman Beys Pîr Ahmad and Kasım, Beyşehir Lake on 19 August 1472. He defeated him in Kıreli, nearby .
Battle[]
Aq Qoyunlu prince Yusufça Mirza came to Akşehir by trampling the Konya Plain with his army. Here, learning that Mustafa Çelebi was marching on him, he went south and met the Ottoman army in Kıreli.[2] The Aq Qoyunlu army, which launched a sudden attack as soon as the battle started, faltered in the face of the rapid response of the Ottomans and lost its battle order.[3]
While most of the Aq Qoyunlu army was destroyed, Yusufça Mirza and his brothers Zeynel and Ömer Mirzas were captured. Uzun Hasan saved his sons from captivity by paying their weight in gold.[4]
References[]
- ↑ Tansel, Selahattin (in Turkish). Osmanlı Kaynaklarına Göre Fatih Sultan Mehmed'in Askerî Faaliyetleri. p. 263. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1047941693749592094/1059126027655315566/Osmanl_Kaynaklarna_Gore_Fatih_Sultan_Mehmedin_Siyasi_ve_Askeri_Faaliyeti_Selahattin_Tansel_z-lib.org.pdf.
- ↑ Hammer, Joshep Von. Büyük Osmanlı Tarihi Cilt 3. p. 106.
- ↑ Öztuna, Yılmaz (1964) (in Turkish). Türkiye Tarihi. p. 51. https://books.google.com/books?id=Pa7_vQEACAAJ.
- ↑ Neşri, Neşri (1987). Kitab-ı Cihannüma. https://books.google.com/books?id=O3s4nwEACAAJ.
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