Adana campaign
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The Adana campaign occurred after Ottoman forces seized the city of Adana from the Mamluk Sultanate. The Mamluks responded by sending a force under Commander and Chief Uzbek, and besieged Adana. The Ottomans responded by sending a large relief force that was defeated.
| Adana campaign | |||||||
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| Part of the Ottoman–Mamluk War (1485–1491) | |||||||
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 Mamluk Sultanate |
.svg){kind=small} Ottoman Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Atabey Uzbek Uzdamur al-Sayfi Doğan al-Safi  Ömer Beg (POW) Gündüzoğlu Mehmed Beg † Özeroğlu Mekki Beg Kajmas al-Ishaki |
Ferhad Beg † Prince Şehinşah Musa Beg † Mustafa Beg † Ali Beg Ahmed Pasha (POW) Mustafa Pasha (POW) Kızıl Ahmed Beg (POW) Ahmed Beg (POW) Süleyman Agha (POW) Karagöz Mehmed Pasha Hızıroğlu Mehmed Pasha Sinan Beg Ahmed Beg | ||||||
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Royal Mamluks Amir Mamluks Syrian Infantrymen |
Ottoman Garrison Janissaries Sipahis Local forces | ||||||
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40,000[1]
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The Ottoman Empire had launched a campaign in 1485 against the Mamluk holdings in Southern Turkey and in Cicilia Armenia, seizing areas such as Adana. The Mamluk Forces in the Taurus Mountains withdrew to Aleppo. In order to respond, Sultan Qaitbey had Atabeg Uzbek launch a counter offensive. To this cause Qaitbey had granted Uzbek 3,000 Royal Mamluks as well as Nine of the 15 Emirs of 1,000. The force set off from Cairo over Damascus to Aleppo, recruiting local Syrian peasants along the way. In February the Mamluks arrived at Adana.
First Battle of Adana
After a peace message by Uzbek was ignored, the Mamluks confronted an Ottoman force outside the city. The Ottomans were quickly routed, with many fleeing. Around 800 were captured, including 17 commanders and paraded in Damascus, Aleppo, and Cairo. After the battle, the Mamluks besieged Adana.