Siege of Sofia
42°42′N 23°20′E / 42.700°N 23.333°E
Siege of Sofia | |||||||
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Part of the Bulgarian-Ottoman Wars | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Bulgarian Empire | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Yanuka † |
Lala Shahin Pasha | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown |
The siege of Sofia took place in 1382 or 1385Lala Shahin Pasha considered to abandon the siege.[1] However, a Bulgarian renegate managed to lure the city governor ban Yanuka out of the fortress to hunt and the Turks captured him. Leaderless, the Bulgarians surrendered.[2] The city walls were destroyed and an Ottoman garrison was installed. With the way to the north-west cleared, the Ottomans pressed further and captured Pirot and Niš in 1386, thus wedging between Bulgaria and Serbia.[2]
Citations
- ^ a b c Андреев, p. 283
- ^ a b c "20. The Decline of the Second Bulgarian Empire" (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
Sources
- Андреев (Andreev), Йордан (Jordan); Милчо Лалков (Milcho Lalkov) (1996). Българските ханове и царе (The Bulgarian Khans and Tsars) (in Bulgarian). Велико Търново (ISBN 954-427-216-X.