Battle of Ankara

Battle of Ankara
	; Battle Of Ankara, Mughal illustration
Date	20 July 1402
Location	Çubuk plain near Ankara40°09′N 32°57′E / 40.150°N 32.950°E
Result	Timurid victory Start of the Ottoman Interregnum;
Belligerents
Timurid Empire; Aq Qoyunlu; Germiyanids	Ottoman Sultanate; Principality of Kastrioti; Moravian Serbia; District of Branković; Anatolian beyliks and Black Tatars
Commanders and leaders
Timur; Shah Rukh; Khalil Sultan; Miran Shah; Sultan Husayn Tayichiud; Muhammad Sultan Mirza; Pir Muhammad; Shah-i-Shahan; Uthman Beg; Yakup II of Germiyan	Bayezid I (POW); Süleyman Çelebi; Mehmed Çelebi; İsa Çelebi; Musa Çelebi (POW); Mustafa Çelebi (POW); Stefan Lazarević; Vuk Lazarević ; Đurađ Branković; Gjon Kastrioti; Koja Zaharia; Dhimitër Jonima
Strength
140,000	85,000–120,000
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Turkey

The Battle of Ankara or Angora (Ottoman Turkish: آنقره محاربه‌سی, romanized: Anḳara Muḥârebesi) was fought on 20 July 1402 at the Çubuk plain near Ankara, between the forces of the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I and the emir of the Timurid Empire, Timur. The battle was a major victory for Timur, and it led to the Ottoman Interregnum.^[6]

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^ Facts On File, Inc. (2009). Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East. Infobase Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 978-1438126760. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
^ Yaşar Yüce; Ali Sevim (1991). Türkiye tarihi (in Turkish). Vol. 1. İstanbul: AKDTYKTTK Yayınları. p. 226.
^ Nicolle 1983, p. 29.
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^ Creasy 1878, p. 47.
^ Creasy 1878, pp. 52–55.

[2] Facts On File, Inc. (2009). Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East. Infobase Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 978-1438126760. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2021.

[3] Yaşar Yüce; Ali Sevim (1991). Türkiye tarihi (in Turkish). Vol. 1. İstanbul: AKDTYKTTK Yayınları. p. 226.

[FOOTNOTENicolle198329-4] Nicolle 1983, p. 29.

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[FOOTNOTECreasy187847-6] Creasy 1878, p. 47.

[FOOTNOTECreasy187852–55-7] Creasy 1878, pp. 52–55.

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