Ottoman Expansion 1362-1402 A.D. The First Conquest of Rumelia and Anatolia

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Ottoman Expansion 1362-1402 A.D. The First Conquest of Rumelia and Anatolia

Summary

This map illustrates the expansion of the Ottoman realm in Anatolia and Rumelia by showing their lines of conquest, routes of colonization, and raids.

Legend indicates:

  • Trade routes to Bursa
  • Lines of Ottoman conquest
  • Ottoman raids
  • Routes of colonization by Turkish settlers
  • Raids and attacks by opponents of the Ottomans

Rumelian Battles:

  • 1371 Cirmen: Ottomans vs. Serbian princess
  • 1387 Plosnik: Serbians and Bosnians vs. Ottomans
  • 1389 Kosovo: Murasd vs. Serbians and Bosnians
  • 1393 Arges: Bayezid vs. Mircea of Wallachia
  • 1396 Nicopolis: Bayezid vs. Franco-Hunharian Crusade
  • Ozbek

Anatolian Battles:

  • 1393 Akcay plain: Timurtas (Bayzid’s general) vs. Alauddin of Karaman
  • 1393 Corum: Burhanuddin of Eratna vs. Bayezid
  • 1402 Curbuk-ova (Ankara): Timur vs. Bayezid

Source

An Historical Atlas of Islam – Atlas Historique de l’Islam, Second Edition. Edited by Hugh Kennedy, Tuta sub Aegide Pallas 1683,
Brill, Leiden-Boston-Koeln, 2002, page 48.

Cartography by Marc Bel, Peter van der Donck.

Copyright

© 2002 Koninklijke Brill NV, The Netherlands. All rights reserved.

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