Battle of Savra

Battle of Savra
	Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe
Date	18 September 1385
Location	Saurian field, near Lushnjë
Result	Ottoman-Thopia Albanian victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Sultanate Principality of Albania	Principality of Zeta
Commanders and leaders
Hayreddin Pasha Karl Thopia	Balša II †; Ivaniš Mrnjavčević †
Strength
40,000	Unknown

The Battle of Savra (Albanian: Beteja e Savrës, Serbian: Bitka na Saurskom polju, Turkish: Savra Muharebesi; "Battle on the Saurian field") or the Battle of the Vjosë^[3] was fought on 18 September 1385 between Ottoman and much smaller Zetan forces,^[4] at the Savra field near Lushnjë (in modern-day southern Albania). The Ottomans were invited by Karl Thopia to support him in his feud against Balša II.^[5]

^ Sedlar, Jean W., East Central Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500, (University of Washington Press, 1994), 385.
^ TBR. TBR Company. 2000. p. 41.
^ Kiel 1990, p. 17.
^ Група аутора. Историја српксог народа II. Српска књижевна задруга. p. 40.
^ Somel, Selcuk Aksin (2010). The A to Z of the Ottoman Empire. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-8108-7579-1. ...the Ottomans supported Lord Karl Thopia against Balsha II, defeating the latter...

[1] Sedlar, Jean W., East Central Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500, (University of Washington Press, 1994), 385.

[2] TBR. TBR Company. 2000. p. 41.

[FOOTNOTEKiel199017-3] Kiel 1990, p. 17.

[4] Група аутора. Историја српксог народа II. Српска књижевна задруга. p. 40.

[Somel2010-5] Somel, Selcuk Aksin (2010). The A to Z of the Ottoman Empire. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-8108-7579-1. ...the Ottomans supported Lord Karl Thopia against Balsha II, defeating the latter...

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