Atlas of Battles

commander, 17 engagements

Battles of Mahmud Pasha

Battles of Mahmud Pasha

Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1456–1466, 1472–1474), 1420 to 1474

Mahmud Pasha is recorded as a commander at 17 placed engagements in the atlas between 1456 and 1473: 7 battles and 10 sieges across 5 present-day countries, most in Greece (6), Turkey (6), Serbia (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 10,822 km apart end to end, 676 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Ottoman conquest of the Morea (3), First Ottoman–Venetian War (3), Ottoman Wars in Asia (2).

Siege of SmederevoSiege of Gardiki-ArcadiaSiege of KastritzaSiege of SalmenikoSiege of AmasraBattle of KoyulhisarBattle of BuzăuSiege of CorinthBattle of ZvornikSiege of MytileneBattle of LarendeBattle of ErzincanSiege of BelgradeSiege of Trebizond in 1461Battle of KljucSiege of NegroponteBattle of OtlukbeliSiege of BelgradeSiege of Trebizond in 1461Battle of KljucSiege of NegroponteBattle of OtlukbeliAthensAnkaraAleppoBucharestSofiaTiranaThessalonikiZagrebChișinăuSevastopol500 km41.207N, 28.394E
17 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1456: 1 engagements1459: 1 engagements1460: 5 engagements5 in 14601461: 1 engagements1462: 1 engagements1463: 2 engagements1464: 2 engagements1468: 1 engagements1470: 1 engagements1473: 2 engagements14561473
17 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Belgrade, 1456Siege of Smederevo, 1459Siege of Gardiki-Arcadia, 1460Siege of Kastritza, 1460Siege of Salmeniko, 1460Siege of Trebizond in 1461, 1460Siege of Amasra, 1460Battle of Koyulhisar, 1461Battle of Buzău, 1462Battle of Kljuc, 1463Siege of Corinth, 1463Battle of Zvornik, 1464Siege of Mytilene, 1464Battle of Larende, 1468Siege of Negroponte, 1470Battle of Erzincan, 1473Battle of Otlukbeli, 147314561473
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 7

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
4 July 1456Siege of BelgradeBelgrade, SerbiaHungarian victory
1459Siege of SmederevoSmederevo, Serbia40 km SEOttoman victory; Fall of Serbian Despotate
1460Siege of Gardiki-ArcadiaGardiki Castle, Arcadia, Greece828 km SOttoman victory
1460Siege of KastritzaArcadia, Greece40 km NOttoman victory
1460Siege of SalmenikoSalmeniko Castle, Greece74 km NOttoman victory
14 September 1460Siege of Trebizond in 1461Trabzon, Turkey1,553 km EOttoman victory
16 October 1460Siege of AmasraAmasra, Turkey618 km WOttoman victory
1461Battle of KoyulhisarKoyulhisar, Turkey484 km EOttoman victory
1462Battle of BuzăuBuzău, Romania1,047 km NWOttoman victory
1463Battle of KljucKljuč, Bosnia and Herzegovina795 km WOttoman victory; Fall of the Bosnian Kingdom
3 September 1463Siege of CorinthCorinth, Greece897 km SEOttoman victory
1464Battle of ZvornikZvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina788 km NOttoman victory
1 April 1464Siege of MytileneMytilene, Greece852 km SEOttoman victory
1468Battle of LarendeKonya, Turkey537 km EOttoman victory
10 July 1470Siege of NegroponteChalkída, Greece811 km WOttoman victory
1473Battle of ErzincanErzincan, Turkey1,405 km EOttoman victory
11 August 1473Battle of OtlukbeliOtlukbeli, Turkey52 km NEOttoman 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, Ahmed Naksi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.