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  • Byzantine Empire
    1402
    Ottoman Empire

    Byzantines were temporarily relieved when the Turco-Mongol leader Timur

    Byzantine Empire
    1402

    In 1402, the Byzantines were temporarily relieved when the Turco-Mongol leader Timur, founder of the Timurid Empire, invaded Ottoman Anatolia from the east.




  • Ankara, Ottoman Empire
    Tuesday Jul 20, 1402
    Ottoman Empire

    Battle of Ankara

    Ankara, Ottoman Empire
    Tuesday Jul 20, 1402

    In the Battle of Ankara in 1402, Timur defeated the Ottoman forces and took Bayezid I as a prisoner, throwing the empire into disorder.




  • Anatolia, and Balkans
    Tuesday Jul 20, 1402
    Ottoman Empire

    Ottoman Interregnum

    Anatolia, and Balkans
    Tuesday Jul 20, 1402

    The ensuing civil war, also known as the Fetret Devri, lasted from 1402 to 1413 as Bayezid's sons fought over succession. It ended when Mehmed I emerged as the sultan and restored Ottoman power.




  • Ankara
    Tuesday Jul 20, 1402

    Battle of Ankara

    Ankara
    Tuesday Jul 20, 1402

    Sultan Bajezid I's Ottoman forces were defeated at the Battle of Ankara.




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