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The sultan has meanwhile begun unifying Anatolia …
Years: 1390 - 1390
The sultan has meanwhile begun unifying Anatolia under his rule.
Forcible expansion into Muslim territories could endanger the Ottoman relationship with the gazis, who are an important source of warriors for this ruling house on the European frontier, so Bayezid has begun the practice to first secure fatwas, or legal rulings from Islamic scholars, justifying their wars against these Muslim states.
However, he suspects the loyalty of his Muslim Turkmen followers, for Bayezid relies heavily on his Serbian and Greek vassal troops to perform these conquests.
In a single campaign over the summer and fall of 1390, Bayezid conquers the beyliks of Aydin, …
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- Circassians
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Islam
- Serbs (South Slavs)
- Turkmen people
- Karamanids
- Hamid, Beylik of
- Germiyan, Beylik of
- Saruhan, Beylik of
- Aydınoğlu Beylik (Turkmen Emirate) of
- Teke, Beylik of
- Ottoman Empire
- Egypt and Syria, Mamluk Burji Sultanate of
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Years: 1390 - 1390
Locations
People
Groups
- Circassians
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Islam
- Serbs (South Slavs)
- Turkmen people
- Karamanids
- Hamid, Beylik of
- Germiyan, Beylik of
- Saruhan, Beylik of
- Aydınoğlu Beylik (Turkmen Emirate) of
- Teke, Beylik of
- Ottoman Empire
- Egypt and Syria, Mamluk Burji Sultanate of
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions