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Battle of Buda

Battle of Buda was a siege conducted in 1686 at Buda, in what is now Hungary. It was part of the Great Turkish War, which ran from 1683 to 1699. The recorded result: Holy League victory. Recorded strength: 65,000–100,000 against Garrison: under 7,000 (including 3,000 Janissaries, 1,000 cavalry, and civilians); Relief army: ~40,000.

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Battle of Buda (1686).label QS:Len,"Battle of Buda (1686)."label QS:Lfr,"Siège de Buda par les autrichiens en 1686". Frans Geffels, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1686
WhereBuda, Hungary47.467N, 19.050E
OutcomeHoly League victory
BelligerentsHoly LeagueagainstOttoman Empire
Casualties and losses~20,000and~3,000 killed; ~6,000 captured (including civilians)
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, 169716831697Battle of Buda, 1686
24 placed engagements of the Great Turkish War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1686 (year precision)
to 2 September 1686
PlaceBuda, Hungary
47.467N, 19.050E
KindSiege, early modern
Strength65,000–100,000Garrison: under 7,000 (including 3,000 Janissaries, 1,000 cavalry, and civilians); Relief army: ~40,000
Casualties and losses~20,000~3,000 killed; ~6,000 captured (including civilians)
Commanders
  • Abdurrahman Abdi Arnavut Pasha
  • Sarı Süleyman Pasha
  • Temeşvar Eyalet
  • Székesfehérvár
  • Osijek
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Buda
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 25 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Buda today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2024-07-30. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024.

The recorded site stands at about 105 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 0 to 317 m, 317 m of relief, hilly country and today it is 54% built-up, 31% tree cover, 9% water.

built-up: 54%tree cover: 31%water: 9%grassland: 6%built-up 54%tree cover 31%water 9%grassland 6%
west to east, 10.0 km0 to 167 mnorth to south, 10.0 km97 to 174 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

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

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1686

Battle 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 Q697654, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Buda (1686), revision 1370739853, 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.