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Battle of Angora
1402
20 July 1402
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war or event

Conquests of Tamerlane

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location

modern country

In his last great victory after capturing Baghdad, Tamerlane invaded Anatolia and defeated a large Ottoman Turkish army at Angora (modern Ankara). Sultan Bayazid was taken prisoner and died a few months later in captivity. Tamerlane returned to Samarkand after capturing Smyrna and receiving tribute from the Mamluk Sultan of Egypt and Syria and the Byzantine Emperor.


   
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