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“Cretan Revolt (1858)”

Battle of Bapheus
Part of the Byzantine–Ottoman Wars

Kocaeli Province, Turkey
Date27 July 1302
Location
Koyunhisar castle
Result Ottoman victory
Territorial
changes
Koyunhisar and castles near Bursa fall to the Ottomans
Belligerents
 Byzantine Empire Ottoman Empire Ottoman Beylik
Commanders and leaders
George Mouzalon Osman I
Köse Mihal
Strength
~2,000[1] ~5,000[1]

The Battle of Bapheus occurred on 27 July 1302, between a Ottoman army under Osman I and a Byzantine army under George Mouzalon. The battle ended in a crucial Ottoman victory, cementing the Ottoman state and heralding the final capture of Byzantine Bithynia by the Ottomans.

  1. ^ a b Bartusis (1997), p. 76