Battle of Kıreli

Battle of Kıreli , phase in the Ottoman - Akkoyunlu and Ottoman - Karaman struggles.

Battle of Kıreli
Part of the Ottoman-Aq Qoyunlu wars

The battle was fought in a place called Hüyük
Date19 August 1472
Location
Konya, Hüyük
Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Aq Qoyunlu
Karamanids
Commanders and leaders
Prince Mustafa
Gedik Ahmed Pasha
Koca Davud Pasha		 Pir Ahmad of Karaman
Zeynel Mirza (POW)
Yusufca Mirza (POW)
Ömer Mirza (POW)
Strength
20,000-30,000 60,000[1]
Casualties and losses
small Almost the entire army was destroyed

The Ottoman army under the command of Anatolian Beylerbeyi Koca Davud Pasha and Karaman Beylerbeyi Mustafa Çelebi (son of Mehmed the Conqueror ), Mirza Yusuf Şah, nephew of Aq Qoyunlu Sultan Uzun Hasan , and the Aq Qoyunlu - Karaman army under the command of Karaman Beys Pîr Ahmad and Kasım, Beyşehir Lake on 19 August 1472. He defeated him in Kıreli, nearby .

Battle

Aq Qoyunlu prince Yusufça Mirza came to Akşehir by trampling the Konya Plain with his army. Here, learning that Mustafa Çelebi was marching on him, he went south and met the Ottoman army in Kıreli.[2] The Aq Qoyunlu army, which launched a sudden attack as soon as the battle started, faltered in the face of the rapid response of the Ottomans and lost its battle order.[3]

While most of the Aq Qoyunlu army was destroyed, Yusufça Mirza and his brothers Zeynel and Ömer Mirzas were captured. Uzun Hasan saved his sons from captivity by paying their weight in gold.[4]

References
  1. Tansel, Selahattin. Osmanlı Kaynaklarına Göre Fatih Sultan Mehmed'in Askerî Faaliyetleri (PDF) (in Turkish). p. 263.
  2. Hammer, Joshep Von. Büyük Osmanlı Tarihi Cilt 3. p. 106.
  3. Öztuna, Yılmaz (1964). Türkiye Tarihi (in Turkish). p. 51.
  4. Neşri, Neşri. Kitab-ı Cihannüma.

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