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Ottoman invasion of Otranto

غزو أوترانتو

1480 CE · 885 AH† – 1481 CE · 886 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Draft card for the Ottoman invasion of Otranto in 1480, Mehmed II's landing in Italy and the killing of the town's recusants; its sources are not yet checked on the page.

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Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Anatolia
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Gunpowder Empires · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Sources

  • al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001)
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