Late Middle Ages · Middle East · War
1473
Battle of Otlukbeli
August 11, 1473
Mehmed II crushed Uzun Hasan's Aq Qoyunlu army with Ottoman artillery and janissary discipline in eastern Anatolia. The defeat ended Aq Qoyunlu ambitions westward and secured the Ottoman eastern frontier. Uzun Hasan retreated to Tabriz and focused on diplomatic contacts with Venice. Ottoman supremacy in the region was now unchallenged.
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Before and after in Middle East
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- Before: 1471: Incas Conquer Chimu Kingdom
- After: 1474: Battle of Drazenci
Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.