The Ottoman Conquest of Rhodes

فتح رودس العثماني

1522 CE · 928 AH

Rhodes

Sulayman's great war on Rhodes from mid-1522 ended with the island's fall; the Knights of St John were granted the right to depart and were resettled by Charles V on Malta 1.

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The Gunpowder Empires
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Anatolia
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Gunpowder Empires

Overview

al-Sallabi says that Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent waged a great war on Rhodes from the middle of 1522 CE, and took it. 2

The knights were granted the right to leave it, and went to Malta, where Charles gave them the right to rule that island. 2

This is not the conquest of Rhodes in the Umayyad period. The date is 928 AH (1522 CE).

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The battle of Mohács and the conquest of Buda· Franco-Ottoman Capitulations· Capture of Baghdad· Siege of Belgrade (1521)· The Conquest of Rhodes and the Demolition of Its Fort· Great Siege of Malta (973/1565)· The first siege of Vienna· Sulayman al-Khadim's expedition against India

Sources

  1. al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 201
  2. al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p.201
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