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How Did the Ottoman State Survive the Battle of Ankara? - From Ankara to Çamurlu: The Eleven-Year Ottoman Succession Crisis | Sleepy Facts About History
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In the summer of 1402, the rapidly expanding Ottoman state lost its sultan, its field army, and its Anatolian heartland in a single afternoon on the Çubuk plain. Sultan Bayezid I had pushed his realm's expansion faster than any previous ruler, displacing local Anatolian rulers and frightening his neighbors. This overextension invited the intervention of Timur, the Central Asian conqueror, resulting in a catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Ankara. Yet, following the capture of their sultan…
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