Battle of Samokov

{{Short description|Military battle}} {{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Battle of Samokov | width = | partof = the Bulgarian–Ottoman wars and the Serbian–Ottoman wars | image = 250px | image_size = | alt = | caption = | date = 1371 | place = Samokov, Bulgaria | coordinates =  | map_type = | map_relief = | map_size = | map_marksize = | map_caption = | map_label = | territory = | result = Ottoman victory<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bostom |first1=Andrew G. |title=The Legacy of Jihad: Islamic Holy War and the Fate of Non-Muslims |date=2010 |publisher=Prometheus Books |isbn=9781615920174 |page=473 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ju8xJ5JBXgsC}}</ref> | status = | combatants_header = | combatant1 = {{flagicon|Second Bulgarian Empire}} Bulgarian Empire <br> {{flagicon|Serbian Empire}} Serbian Empire | combatant2 = {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire|1299}} Ottoman Empire | combatant3 = | commander1 = {{flagicon|Second Bulgarian Empire}} Ivan Shishman <br> {{flagicon|Serbian Empire}} Uglješa Mrnjavčević | commander2 = {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire|1299}} Shahin Pasha | commander3 = | units1 = | units2 = | units3 = | strength1 = Large | strength2 = Fewer | strength3 = | casualties1 = Unknown | casualties2 = Unknown | casualties3 = | notes = | campaignbox = }} {{Campaignbox Bulgarian–Ottoman wars}} {{Campaignbox Serbian–Ottoman Wars (Medieval)}} The '''Battle of Samokov''' took place between the Ottoman army under the command of Lala Shahin Pasha, the Second Bulgarian Empire under the command of Ivan Shishman, and the Serbian Empire under the command of Uglješa Mrnjavčević. Ottoman Turks headed to the city of Samokov after the conquest of Ihtiman. They encountered the armies of the Serbian and Bulgarian kings. Although the Serbian and Bulgarian armies were far superior to him in numbers, Lala Şahin Pasha did not hesitate to fight and achieved victory<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bosworth |first=Clifford Edmund |title=The Encyclopaedia Of Islam |publisher=Brill Publishers |year=1993 |isbn=90-04-09419-9 |edition=2nd |pages=727 |language=en}}</ref> with a strong attack. The victory was so complete that the soldiers of the Serbian and Bulgarian armies fled without taking any of their provisions, leaving everything behind.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hami Danişmend |first1=İsmail |title=İzahlı Osmanlı tarihi kronolojisi, Volume 1 |date=1947 |publisher=Türkiye Yayınevi |page=61}}</ref>

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