List of wars involving the Ottoman Empire
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This is a List of wars involving the Ottoman Empire ordered chronologically, including civil wars within the empire.
The earliest form of the Ottoman military was a nomadic steppe cavalry force.[1] This was centralized by Osman I from Turkoman tribesmen inhabiting western Anatolia in the late 13th century. Orhan I organized a standing army paid by salary rather than looting or fiefs. The Ottomans began using guns in the late 14th century.
The Ottoman Empire was the first of the three Islamic Gunpowder Empires, followed by Safavid Persia and Mughal India. By the 14th century, the Ottomans had adopted gunpowder artillery.[2] By the time of Sultan Mehmed II, they had been drilled with firearms and became "perhaps the first standing infantry force equipped with firearms in the world."[3] The Janissaries are thus considered the first modern standing army.[4][5]
The Ottoman Classical Army was the military structure established by Mehmed II. The classical Ottoman army was the most disciplined and feared military force of its time, mainly due to its high level of organization, logistical capabilities and its elite troops. Following a century long reform efforts, this army was forced to disbandment by Sultan Mahmud II on 15 June 1826 by what is known as Auspicious Incident. By the reign of Mahmud the Second, the elite Janissaries had become corrupt and an obstacle in the way of modernization efforts, meaning they were more of a liability than an asset.
Rise (1299–1453)
[edit]- Ottoman victory
- Ottoman defeat
- Another result
Date | Conflict | Ottomans (and allies) | Opposition | Result |
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1285 | Siege of Kulaca Hisar | Kayı tribe | ![]() | Victory[6][7]
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1302 | Battle of Bapheus and Battle of Dimbos | Kayı tribe | ![]() | Victory
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1317/1320–1326 | Siege of Bursa | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1328–1331 | Siege of Nicaea | ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
1337 | Siege of Nicomedia | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1345–47 | Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Beylik of Saruhan | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Zealots of Thessalonica ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory
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1352–57 | Byzantine civil war of 1352–1357 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Beylik of Saruhan | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Zealots of Thessalonica ![]() ![]() ![]() | Partial Defeat
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1354 | Fall of Gallipoli | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1355 | Battle of Ihtiman | ![]() | Stalemate
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1362 or 1369 | Ottoman conquest of Adrianople | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1364 | Battle of Sırpsındığı | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory
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1366–1526 | Ottoman-Hungarian wars
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European allies:
| Victory
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1371 | Battle of Samokov | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Victory |
1371 | Battle of Maritsa | ![]() | ![]() | Victory[31] |
1371 | Byzantine civil war of 1373–79 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory |
1381–1384 | Albanian-Epirote War (1381–84) | Despotate of Epirus in Ioannina![]() | Despotate of Arta | Defeat
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1382–1385 | Zetan-Albania War | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1382–1393 | Ottoman Conquest of Bulgaria | ![]() | Victory
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1385 | First Zenebishi Uprising against the Ottomans | ![]() | Albanian Zenebishi Family | Defeat
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1385 | Battle of Savra | ![]() ![]() | Principality of Zeta | Victory
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1388 | Battle of Bileća | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1389 | Battle of Kosovo (1389) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Unknown Result Some sources claim Tactically Inconclusive[39][40][41][42][43][44] whereas some claim Victory[45][46][47][48] |
1389–1390 | Albanian-Epirote War of 1389–90[51] | Despotate of Epirus (all four battles) Thessaly (second battle) ![]() | Despotate of Arta (all four battles) Malakasi Tribe (second battle) | Victory
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1390 | Fall of Philadelphia | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1391 | Siege of Constantinople (1391) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Stalemate
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1394–1395 | Bayezid's Campaign against Wallachia | ![]() | ![]() | Tactical Defeat[52][53][54][55]
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1394–1395 | Siege of Constantinople (1394–1402) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Siege pulled[56][57] |
1396 | Crusade of Nicopolis | ![]() | ![]()
| Victory
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1399–1402 | Ottoman-Timurid War | ![]() Co-belligerant: | ![]() | Defeat
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1402–1413 | Ottoman Interregnum | ![]() ![]() | ![]()
| Mehmed Victory
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1402 | Battle of Tripolje | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1404 | Uprising of Konstantin and Fruzhin | ![]() | Victory
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1411 | Siege of Constantinople (1411) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Defeat
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1414 | Ottoman-Gjirokastër War | ![]() | Albanian Zenebishi Family | Victory
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1416 | Battle of Gallipoli (1416) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1416–1420 | Revolt of Sheikh Bedreddin | ![]() | Sheikh Bedreddin | Victory
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1418 | Second Ottoman-Gjirokastër War | ![]() | Albanian Zenebishi Family | Victory
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1422 | Siege of Constantinople (1422) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1422–1430 | Siege of Thessalonica | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1421–1522 | 2nd Conquest of Anatolia | ![]() | Beylik of Karaman![]() ![]() ![]() Sultanate of Eretna ![]() ![]() Beyliks of Canik Beylik of Germiyan Beylik of Menteşe ![]() Beylik of Saruhan | Victory
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1426–1428 | Ottoman-Hungarian War of 1426–1428 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Inconclusive
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1428 | Siege of Golubac | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory
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1432–1436 | Albanian Revolt of 1432–1436 | ![]() | Various Albanian rebels | Victory
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1432–1479 | Albanian–Ottoman Wars (1432–1479)
| ![]() | 1443–44: ![]() Arianiti Family 1444–46: 1446–50: 1450–51: 1451–54: 1454–56: 1456–68: 1468–78: 1478–79:
| Victory Initial Albanian victory
Eventual Ottoman victory
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1440 | Siege of Belgrade (1440) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Defeat |
1440–1441 | Siege of Novo Brdo | ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
1443–1444 | Crusade of Varna | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bulgarian rebels ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory
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1447–1448 | Albanian–Venetian War | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1448 | Battle of Kosovo (1448) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory |
1453 | Fall of Constantinople | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory
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Classical Age (1453–1566)
[edit]Date | Conflict | Ottomans (and allies) | Opposition | Result |
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1454 | Battle of Leskovac | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat |
1454 | Battle of Kruševac | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1455 | Siege of Trepča | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1455 | Siege of Novo Brdo (1455) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1455 | Siege of Berat (1455)[74] | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1456 | Siege of Belgrade (1456) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Defeat
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1459 | Siege of Smederevo (1459) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1460 | Siege of Amasra | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1461 | Siege of Trebizond (1461) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1462 | Night attack at Târgoviște | ![]() | ![]() | Inconclusive |
1462 | Ottoman conquest of Lesbos | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Victory
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1463–1479 | First Ottoman-Venetian war | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Karamanids Maniots Greek rebels | Victory
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1463 | Siege of Jajce | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bohemian (Hussite) mercenaries | Victory
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1473 | Battle of Otlukbeli | ![]() | ![]() | Victory[79]
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1473–79 | Moldavian War of Mehmed II | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Defeat
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1475 | Crimean Campaign (1475) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1479 | Battle of Breadfield | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Defeat[81]
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1480 | First Ottoman siege of Rhodes | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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1480–1481 | Invasion of Otranto | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Defeat
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1481–1484 | Albanian Uprisings of 1481–1484 | ![]() | Albanian rebels![]() ![]() ![]() | Inconclusive
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1484–1486 | Moldavian War of Bayezid II | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Victory
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1484–1486 | Mamluk War of Bayezid II | ![]() | ![]() | Stalemate
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1485–1503 | Polish–Ottoman War (1485–1503) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory
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1490–1494 | War of the Hungarian Succession | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1493–1593 | Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War
| ![]() | Until 1526:![]() ![]() From 1527: | Inconclusive
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1497–1499 | Moldavian Campaign | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1499–1503 | Second Ottoman-Venetian War | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Victory
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1505–17 | Mamluk–Portuguese conflicts | ![]() Indian states: Supported by: | ![]() Supported by: | Defeat
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1505 | Campaign of Trabzon (1505) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1507 | Battle of Erzincan (1507) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1507–42 | Ajuran-Portuguese wars | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat |
1508 | Georgian campaign (1508) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
1508–1573 | Gujarati–Portuguese conflicts | ![]() Supported by: | ![]() | Defeat
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1509–1513 | Ottoman Civil War (1509–13) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory for Selim
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1510 | Campaign of Trabzon (1510) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1514 | Battle of Chaldiran | ![]() | ![]() | Ottoman Military Victory[94][95] however some sources claim Political Stalemate[96]
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1514 | Capture of Bayburt (1514) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1515 | Siege of Kemah | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1515 | Battle of Tekiryaylağı | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1515–1577 | Spanish-Ottoman Wars of 1515–1577
| ![]() ![]() | ![]() | In North Africa Ottoman victory In Mediterranean Inconclusive |
1515 | Battle of Turnadağ | ![]() | Beylik of Dulkadir | Victory
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1516–1517 | Second Ottoman-Mamluk War | ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
1516 | Siege of Harput (1516) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1516 | Battle of Koçhisar | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1517 | Capture of Mosul (1517) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1517 | Siege of Jeddah | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
1518 | Fall of Tlemcen | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1519–1610 | Celali rebellions | ![]() | Celali | Victory
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1519–1639 | Acehnese–Portuguese conflicts | ![]() | ![]() Supported by:
| Inconclusive |
1521 | 3rd Ottoman Siege of Belgrade | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1521 | Siege of Šabac (1521) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1522 | 2nd Ottoman Siege of Rhodes | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Victory |
1523 | Expedition to Kamaran | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1526 | Battle of Mohács | ![]() | ![]()
| Victory
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1526–1791 | Ottoman-Habsburg wars In Hungary and Balkans
In Mediterranean
| ![]() Vassals: | ![]()
| Inconclusive End of Ottoman expansion |
1527–28 | Hungarian Campaign of Ferdinand I | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Defeat
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1529 | Hungarian Campaign of Suleiman I | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory
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1529–43 | Ethiopian–Adal War | ![]() | ![]()
| Stalemate and Status quo ante bellum
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1529 | 1st Ottoman siege of Vienna | ![]() | ![]()
| Defeat
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1530–52 | Little War in Hungary | ![]()
| ![]() | Victory
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1531 | Battle of al-Shihr (1531) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
1532–55 | 2nd Ottoman–Safavid War | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1533 | Expedition of Irakeyn | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1534 | Ottoman conquest of Tunis | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1535 | Habsburgian conquest of Tunis | ![]() ![]() | ![]()
| Defeat
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1536–38 | Italian War of 1536–1538 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Inconclusive
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1536–37 | Siege of Klis | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory
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1537–40 | Third Ottoman-Venetian war | ![]() ![]() | Holy League:![]() ![]() | Victory
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1538–1560 | Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1557)
| ![]() | ![]() | Stalemate |
1542–46 | Italian War of 1542–1546 | ![]() | ![]() | Inconclusive
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1543 | Battle of Karagak | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat |
1545 | Battle of Sokhoista | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory |
1547 | Ottoman invasion of Guria | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1551–1559 | Spanish-Ottoman War (1550–1560) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |