Siege of Sofia
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42°42′N 23°20′E / 42.700°N 23.333°E The siege of Sofia took place in between 1380–1382[1][2] during the course of the Bulgarian–Ottoman wars.
- • Bulgarian victory – 1st siege
- • Ottoman victory – 2nd siege
| Siege of Sofia | |||||||
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| Part of the Bulgarian–Ottoman wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Bulgarian Empire |
 Ottoman Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Yanuka † |
Shahin Pasha Ballaban Bey | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
In 1373 the Bulgarian emperor Ivan Shishman agreed to become an Ottoman vassal and to marry his sister Kera Tamara to their sultan Murad I, while the Ottomans were to return some conquered fortresses.[1]
Despite the peace, in the beginning of the 1380s the Ottomans resumed their campaigns and besieged the important city of Sofia which controlled major communication routes to Serbia and Macedonia. There are little records about the siege. After the futile attempts to storm the city, the Ottoman commander Lala Shahin Pasha considered to abandon the siege.[1] All attacks led by the Ottomans were repelled by Yanuka.[3]
