siege, medieval

Siege of Gerger

Name: Siege of Gerger
Location: Gerger Castle, Turkey

Siege of Gerger was a siege conducted in 1464 at Gerger Castle, in what is now Turkey; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Gerger Castle. The recorded result: Aq Qoyunlu–Kurdish victory.

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Fought1464ran into the following year

WhereGerger Castle, Turkey37.957N, 39.016E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeAq Qoyunlu–Kurdish victory

BelligerentsAq Qoyunlu; Pazuki KurdsagainstMamluk Sultanate

Record

Date	1464 (year precision) to 1465
Place	Gerger Castle, Turkey 37.957N, 39.016E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Territorial change	Mamluks cede Harput to Aq Qoyunlu
Commanders	Uzun Hasan

Placed at Gerger Castle; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Samosata AD 859, 63 km SW
Battle of Melitene 1100, 76 km NW
Urfa Resistance 1915, 91 km S
Battle of Edessa AD 260, 92 km S
Siege of Edessa 1144, 92 km S

Elsewhere in 1464

Battle of Hexham United Kingdom
Battle of Hedgeley Moor United Kingdom
Battle of Ohrid North Macedonia
Siege of Mytilene Greece
Battle of Zvornik Bosnia and Herzegovina

Siege of Gerger is one of 743 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 687 in present-day Turkey.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q135178789, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Gerger, revision 1373497949, 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.