Battle of Kıreli is a battle fought between the Ottoman Empire and Aq Qoyuniu with the Karamanids.
| Battle of Kıreli | |||||||
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| Part of the Ottoman-Aq Qoyunlu wars | |||||||
 The battle was fought in a place called Hüyük | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Ottoman Empire |
Aq Qoyunlu Karamanids | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Prince Mustafa Gedik Ahmed Pasha Koca Davud Pasha |
Pir Ahmad of Karaman Zeynel Mirza (POW) Yusufca Mirza (POW) Ömer Mirza (POW) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 20,000-30,000 | 60,000[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| small | Almost the entire army was destroyed | ||||||
The Ottoman army was under the command of Anatolian Beylerbeyi Koca Davud Pasha and Karaman Beylerbeyi Mustafa Çelebi (son of Mehmed the Conqueror).
Battle edit
Aq Qoyunlu prince Yusufça Mirza came to Akşehir by trampling the Konya Plain with his army. Here, learning that Mustafa Çelebi was marching on him, he went south and met the Ottoman army in Kıreli.[2] The Aq Qoyunlu army, which launched a sudden attack as soon as the battle started, faltered in the face of the rapid response of the Ottomans and lost its battle order.[3]
While most of the Aq Qoyunlu army was destroyed, Yusufça Mirza and his brothers Zeynel and Ömer Mirzas were captured. Uzun Hasan saved his sons from captivity by paying their weight in gold.[4]
References edit
- ^ Tansel, Selahattin. Osmanlı Kaynaklarına Göre Fatih Sultan Mehmed'in Askerî Faaliyetleri (PDF) (in Turkish). p. 263.
- ^ Hammer, Joshep Von. Büyük Osmanlı Tarihi Cilt 3. p. 106.
- ^ Öztuna, Yılmaz (1964). Türkiye Tarihi (in Turkish). p. 51.
- ^ Neşri, Neşri (1987). Kitab-ı Cihannüma.