Siege of Kulaca Hisar

The Siege of Kulaca Hisar or Raid of Kulaca Hisar was a battle fought between the Byzantines and the Turks under the command of Osman Gazi in 1285.[3][4]

Siege of Kulaca Hisar
Part of the Ottoman-Byzantine Wars
Date1285
Location
İnegöl, Turkey
Result

Kayi victory

  • The Kayi Tribe captures Kuluca Hisar Castle from the Byzantines
  • Foundation of the Ottoman Beylik
Belligerents
Kayi tribe  Byzantium
Commanders and leaders
Osman Gazi Andronikos II Palaiologos
Strength
300 gazis[1] 1,000[2]

Siege

Osman Bey, upon the death of Bayhoca, son of his brother Savcı Bey, in the Battle of Mount Armenia, attacked the Byzantine-held Kulaca Hisar Castle, which is a few leagues away from İnegöl and located on the outskirts of Emirdağ. As a result of a night raid with a force of 300 people, the castle was captured by the Turks. This is the first castle conquest in the history of the Ottoman Empire.[5] Since the captured Christian people of Kulaca Hisar accepted the rule of Osman Bey, the people there were not harmed.[6]

See also

References
  1. Tektaş, Nazım (2009-11-12). Osmanlı Tarihi 1 - Çadırdan Saraya. artcivic. ISBN 978-975-8845-11-8.
  2. Geschichte des Osmanischen Reiches , Nicolae Iorga p;66
  3. Atsiz, Nihal (2012). Aşıkpaşaoğlu Tarihi. Otuken. p. 31. ISBN 978-9754378689.
  4. Inalcik, Halil. "OSMAN I - TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi". islamansiklopedisi.org.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-12-04.
  5. Danişmed, İsmail Hami (2011). İzahlı Osmanlı Tarihi Kronolojisi [Annotated Ottoman History Chronology]. Doğu Kütüphanesi. p. 6. ISBN 978-9944-397-68-1.
  6. Kemal, Namık. Osmanlı Tarihi [Ottoman History]. Elips Kitap. p. 39. ISBN 978-605-121-202-9.


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