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Siege of Buda

Siege of Buda was a siege conducted on 16 June 1684 at Buda, in what is now Hungary; it lasted 4 months. It was part of the Great Turkish War, which ran from 1683 to 1699. The recorded result: Ottoman victory. Recorded strength: 7,000 inside Buda; 17,000 relief forces against 34,000–43,000.

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Siege of Buda, 1684 by G.G. de Rossi.
Siege of Buda, 1684 by G.G. de Rossi.. G. G. de Rossi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought16 June 1684lasted 4 months
WhereBuda, Hungary47.467N, 19.050E
OutcomeOttoman victory
BelligerentsOttoman EmpireagainstHoly Roman Empire
Casualties and lossesUnknownand24,000–30,000
Part ofGreat Turkish War1683 to 1699

Where it sits in the Great Turkish War

Second Turkish Siege of Vienna, 1683Nils Bielke's Campaign Against the Ottoman Empire, 1684Siege of Buda, 1684Battle of Vác, 1684Battle on Vrtijeljka, 1685Siege of Érsekújvár, 1685Osijek Campaign, 1685Battle of Eperjes, 1685Battle of Gran, 1685Battle of Kassa, 1685Battle of Buda, 1686Siege of Pécs, 1686Battle of Mohács, 1687Siege of Belgrade, 1688Battle of Batočina, 1689Battle of Niš, 1689Battle of Zernest, 1690Siege of Belgrade, 1690Battle of Slankamen, 1691Siege of Belgrade, 1693Battle of Ustechko, 1694Battle of Lugos, 1695Battle of Ulaş, 1696Battle of Zenta, 169716831697Siege of Buda, 1684
24 placed engagements of the Great Turkish War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date16 June 1684
to 30 October 1684
PlaceBuda, Hungary
47.467N, 19.050E
KindSiege, early modern
Strength7,000 inside Buda; 17,000 relief forces34,000–43,000
Casualties and lossesUnknown24,000–30,000
Commanders
  • Grand vizier
  • Kara Ibrahim Pasha
  • Abdi Pasha the Albanian
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Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 13 times between 1530 and 1956.

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Elsewhere in 1684

Siege of Buda is one of 1,553 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 128 in present-day Hungary.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3625456, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Buda (1684), revision 1370739850, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.