Battle of Dimbos

Battle of Dimbos
	Part of the Byzantine–Ottoman Wars
	; Drawing showing Turkish leader Osman, (the man holding up a parchment) who is the founder of the Ottoman Empire.
Date	1303
Location	Dimbos, Yenişehir
Result	Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Byzantine Empire	Ottoman Beylik
Commanders and leaders
Tekfurs of Bursa, Kite, Kestel, Adranos and Ulubat	Osman I
Casualties and losses
Tekfur of Kestel	Aydoğdu Bey

The Battle of Dinboz^[1]^[2] or Dimbos^[3](Turkish: Dimbos Muharebesi) took place between the Ottoman Beylik (later Ottoman Empire) and the Byzantine Empire in 1303.^[3]

^ Donald Nicol, Theodore Spandounes: On the origin the Ottoman emperors. Cambridge University Press 1997, p. 10
^ Colin Imber, "The Legend of Osman Gazi" in Elizabeth A. Zachariadou (ed.), The Ottoman Emirate (1300-1389). Halcyon Days in Crete, A Symposium Held in Rethymnon. 1994, ISBN 960-7309-58-8, p. 72
^ ^a ^b Halil İnalcık, "The Struggle Between Osman Gazi and The Byzantines For Nicaea", Isıl Akbaygil, Halil İnalcık, Oktay Aslanapa (ed.), İznik: Throughout History, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, ISBN 975-458-431-1, 2003, pp. 61-62, 70. in İnalcık's personal website.