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Battle of Ključ (1463)

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his forces and the raiders from the castle and Mahmud Pasha would also eventually came to the riverside to witness it. Seeing this, some of the Turks could not find the patience to go up to the bridge and started to swim across the river. The situation became reversed and Tomašević's forces fled the battle, taking refuge in the castle.
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raiders crossed the river in front of the castle and came to the town, they learned that the Bosnian King was holding the bridge over the river. A superior Bosnian force now surrounded Ömer Bey from all sides, so he had no choice but to accept the battle. Tomašević watched the battle unfold between
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Stephen sought to ingratiate himself with Mehmed by sending out orders to commanders and castellans to surrender, enabling his captor to take command of more than 70 towns in one week. Mehmed, however, had no intention of sparing Stephen's life and summoned him on 25 May. Stephen fearfully brought
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laid siege to Bobovac on 19 May, with the Sultan joining them the following day. Angelović was tasked with capturing the King. Confident that Babovac would resist, Tomašević planned to gather his army in Jajce and wait for help from the west. When news of Babovac's fall came, he realized that he
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Eager to capture him, Angelović had his messengers solemnly promise the King that he would be done no harm if he surrendered, and sent him a document guaranteeing him freedom. With food supplies and ammunition running short, Stephen decided to surrender himself and his garrison to Angelović.
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While in Tvnornik, the Sultan learned that Tomašević was in the castle of Jajce. Thereupon, Grand Vizier Mahmud Pasha sent a force of 25,000 people to Jajce, the main center of
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forces and the King who assumed that the real Turkish forces were far away. For this reason, Ömer Bey did not hesitate to meet his forces. When the
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declaring that the Sultan was not bound to keep the promise made by his servant without his knowledge. As if to demonstrate the validity of his
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Angelović, in turn, brought him, his uncle Radivoj and 13-year-old cousin Tvrtko before Mehmed in Jajce.
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and prepared to march towards Bosnia. Hearing that the Sultan had reached Babovac, the
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Osmanlı Kaynaklarına Göre Fatih Sultan Mehmed'in Siyasi ve Askeri Faaliyeti
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fortress. This former royal city was the scene of fierce conflicts between
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could not put up a serious resistance, so he planned to flee either to
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In the spring of 1463, Mehmed gathered an army of 150,000 men in
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Osmanlı tarihi: cilt. 2. kısım. Uzunçarşılı İ. H. XVIII. yüzyıl
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Jajce Grad: prilog povijesti posljednje bosanske prijestolnice
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Uzunçarşılı, İsmail Hakkı; Karal, Enver Ziya (1983).
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Index


Bosnia
Kljuc
Ottoman
Ottoman Empire
Kingdom of Bosnia
Mehmed the Conqueror
Mahmud Angelovıć
Turahanoğlu Ömer Bey
Stephen Tomašević
Executed
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e
Bosnian–Ottoman Wars
Pločnik
Bileća
Kosovo
Jajce
Ključ
Wars and battles involving Bosnia and Herzegovina
pitched battle
conquest of Bosnia
Adrianople
King of Bosnia
Jajce
Mehmed the Conqueror
Mahmud Pasha Angelović
Croatia
Venice

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