Battle of Diyarbakır (1436)
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| Battle of Diyarbakır | |||||||||
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| Part of Janibak al-Sufi revolt | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Mamluk Sultanate |
 Aq Qoyunlu | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Barsbay (indirectly) Sayf al-Din Inal Gökçe Musa |
Ali Beg Hüseyin Mirza (POW) Jahangir Mirza (POW) | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Unknown but more | 12,000[1] | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | Nearly entire army killed | ||||||||
Battle of Diyarbakır was fought between the Mamluk Sultanate and the Aq Qoyunlu in 1436, The Mamluks, aided by Döğer Turkmens achieved a decisive victory, capturing Jahangir Mirza and forcing the Aq Qoyunlu to cede Harput.
In 1435, Uthman Beg was defeated in a battle against the Qara Qoyunlu near Erzurum. He was wounded and later died from his injuries, succeeded by his son, Ali Beg.[2]
During his reign, a rebellion supported by the Aq Qoyunlu was ongoing in the Mamluk Sultanate. In 1436, the rebels and the Dulkadirids were defeated at Aintab, weakening the revolt.[3]
Seeing the rebels defeated, Ali Beg sought peace with the Mamluks and sent his son Hüseyin to Cairo, but he was imprisoned by Sultan Barsbay, who ordered his Döger Türkmen border guards in Diyar Mudar to attack Diyarbakır.[4]