Battle of Kıreli , phase in the Ottoman - Akkoyunlu and Ottoman - Karaman struggles.

The Ottoman army under the command of Anatolian Beylerbeyi Koca Davud Pasha and Karaman Beylerbeyi Mustafa Çelebi (son of Mehmed the Conqueror ), Mirza Yusuf Şah, nephew of Aq Qoyunlu Sultan Uzun Hasan , and the Aq Qoyunlu - Karaman army under the command of Karaman Beys Pîr Ahmad and Kasım, Beyşehir Lake on 19 August 1472. He defeated him in Kıreli, nearby .

Battle of Kıreli

Battle

Aq Qoyunlu prince Yusufça Mirza came to Akşehir by trampling the Konya Plain with his army. Here, learning that Mustafa Çelebi was marching on him, he went south and met the Ottoman army in Kıreli. The Aq Qoyunlu army, which launched a sudden attack as soon as the battle started, faltered in the face of the rapid response of the Ottomans and lost its battle order.

Battle of Kıreli

While most of the Aq Qoyunlu army was destroyed, Yusufça Mirza and his brothers Zeynel and Ömer Mirzas were captured. Uzun Hasan saved his sons from captivity by paying their weight in gold.

Battle of Kıreli

References

1470s in the Ottoman Empire

1470s conflicts

History of Konya Province

Aq Qoyunlu

Battles involving the Ottoman Empire

Kıreli

Kıreli