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Siege of Constantinople | |||||||
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Part of the Ottoman Interregnum and Byzantine-Ottoman wars. | |||||||
![]() Constantinople in 1422; the oldest surviving map of the city. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Manuel II Palaiologos | Musa Çelebi | ||||||
Location within Istanbul |
The siege of Constantinople of 1411 occurred during the Ottoman Interregnum, or Ottoman Civil War,[1] (20 July 1402 – 5 July 1413), when chaos reigned in the Ottoman Empire following the defeat of Sultan Bayezid I by the Central Asian warlord Timur. Although Mehmed Çelebi was confirmed as sultan by Timur after the Battle of Ankara, his brothers İsa Çelebi, Musa Çelebi, Süleyman Çelebi, and later, Mustafa Çelebi, refused to recognize his authority, each claiming the throne for himself.[2] A civil war was the result. The Interregnum lasted until the Battle of Camurlu on 5 July 1413, when Mehmed Çelebi emerged as victor in the strife, crowned himself sultan Mehmed I, and restored peace to the empire.
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