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Bayezid was the son of Murad I [5] and his Greek wife, Gülçiçek Hatun. [6] His first major role was as governor of Kütahya, a city that he earned by marrying the daughter of a Germiyanid ruler. [7] He was an impetuous soldier, earning the nickname "Thunderbolt" in a battle against the Karamanids . Bayezid ascended to the throne following ...
- 16 June 1389 – 20 July 1402
- Gülçiçek Hatun
Bayezid I (born c. 1360—died March 1403, Akşehir, Ottoman Empire) was an Ottoman sultan in 1389–1402 who founded the first centralized Ottoman state based on traditional Turkish and Muslim institutions and who stressed the need to extend Ottoman dominion in Anatolia. In the early years of Bayezid’s reign, Ottoman forces conducted ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Bayezid I, also known as Bayezid the Thunderbolt, was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1389 to 1402. He adopted the title of Sultan-i Rûm, Rûm being the Arabic name for the Eastern Roman Empire. In 1394, Bayezid unsuccessfully besieged Constantinople. He defeated the Crusaders at the Battle of Nicopolis in what is now Bulgaria in 1396. He was later defeated and captured by Timur at the ...
Bayezid fled from the battle with a cavalry force, but Timur pursued and surrounded him. Bayezid became the only Ottoman ever to be captured by an enemy. He died in captivity in 1403, after allegedly being kept by Timur in a golden cage as a trophy. Timur advanced to the Aegean, forcing Bayezid’s son to flee Anatolia.
- Tony Bunting
The Battle of Ankara or Angora ( Ottoman Turkish: آنقره محاربهسی, romanized : Anḳara Muḥârebesi) was fought on 20 July 1402 at the Çubuk plain near Ankara, between the forces of the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I and the emir of the Timurid Empire, Timur. The battle was a major victory for Timur, and it led to the Ottoman ...
- 20 July 1402
- Timurid victory, Start of the Ottoman Interregnum
While the life of Sultan Bayezid I, the fourth ruler of the Ottoman throne, burned brightly, it had a bitter end. The fourth ruler of the Ottoman throne was Sultan Bayezid I, the son of Sultan ...
Jul 29, 2011 · For Bayezid's capture, humiliation, and death in captivity, see II.31–36 (pp. 31–32). While the text includes the European inventions of Bayezid being bound in golden chains and that he was forced to be Temür's footstool, no mention is made of a cage.
