Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Lala Şahin Paşa

Ottoman governor, 1330 to 1388

Lala Şahin Paşa is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1371 and 1388: 3 battles and 1 siege across 4 present-day countries, most in Greece (1), Bulgaria (1), Serbia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 724 km apart end to end, 241 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Serbian–Ottoman Wars (1), Bulgarian–Ottoman Wars (1), Ottoman Wars in Europe (1).

Battle of MaritsaSiege of SofiaBattle of PločnikBattle of BilećaBattle of MaritsaSiege of SofiaBattle of PločnikBattle of BilećaTiranaThessalonikiSarajevoSkopjePristinaPodgoricaNišRuseČačakLecce200 km41.966N, 22.234E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1371: 1 engagements1 in 13711382: 1 engagements1 in 13821385: 1 engagements1 in 13851388: 1 engagements1 in 138813711388
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Maritsa, 1371Siege of Sofia, 1382Battle of Pločnik, 1385Battle of Bileća, 138813711388
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
26 September 1371Battle of MaritsaOrmenio, GreeceOttoman victory
1382Siege of SofiaSofia, Bulgaria314 km NWBulgarian victory – 1st siege; Ottoman victory – 2nd siege
1385Battle of PločnikPločnik, Serbia170 km WSerbian victory
26 August 1388Battle of BilećaBileća, Bosnia and Herzegovina240 km WBosnian 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. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.