Atlas of Battles

commander, 10 engagements

Battles of Bayezid I

Battles of Bayezid I

fourth Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1389–1402), 1354 to 1403

Bayezid I is recorded as a commander at 10 placed engagements in the atlas between 1378 and 1402: 6 battles and 4 sieges across 4 present-day countries, most in Turkey (6), Bulgaria (2), Kosovo (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,153 km apart end to end, 461 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Ottoman Wars in Asia (2), Timurid conquests and invasions (2), Byzantine–Ottoman wars (1).

Fall of PhiladelphiaBattle of FrenkyazısıBattle of ArgeșBattle of AkçaySiege of AnkaraBattle of KosovoSiege of TarnovoSiege of ConstantinopleBattle of NicopolisBattle of AnkaraBattle of KosovoSiege of TarnovoSiege of ConstantinopleBattle of NicopolisBattle of AnkaraAthensBucharestBelgradeTiranaThessalonikiSarajevoSevastopolİzmirBursaAdana500 km41.432N, 27.227E
10 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1378: 1 engagements1386: 1 engagements1389: 1 engagements1393: 1 engagements1394: 2 engagements2 in 13941396: 1 engagements1398: 1 engagements1402: 2 engagements2 in 140213781402
10 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Fall of Philadelphia, 1378Battle of Frenkyazısı, 1386Battle of Kosovo, 1389Siege of Tarnovo, 1393Siege of Constantinople, 1394Battle of Argeș, 1394Battle of Nicopolis, 1396Battle of Akçay, 1398Siege of Ankara, 1402Battle of Ankara, 140213781402
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 5

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1378Fall of PhiladelphiaAlaşehir, TurkeyOttoman victory
1386Battle of FrenkyazısıKonya Plain, Turkey433 km EOttoman victory
28 June 1389Battle of KosovoKosovo Field, Kosovo1,184 km NWInconclusive
17 July 1393Siege of TarnovoVeliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria373 km EOttoman victory
1394Siege of ConstantinopleConstantinople, Turkey358 km SEByzantine victory
1394Battle of ArgeșArgeș River, Romania598 km NWDisputed
25 September 1396Battle of NicopolisNikopol, Bulgaria186 km SOttoman victory
1398Battle of AkçayAkçay, Turkey488 km SOttoman victory
1402Siege of AnkaraAnkara, Turkey507 km ETimurid victory
20 July 1402Battle of AnkaraÇubuk Ovası, Turkey26 km NTimurid victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, 1460 artist, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.