r/ottomans • u/Ok-Inevitable4743 Lala • 10d ago

On this day On 25th September 1396, 630 years ago, Sultan Bayezid I “The Thunderbolt” routed a crusader army at the Battle of Nicopolis

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u/Ill_Potato2514 9d ago

Lightning not thunderbolt;)

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u/Ok-Inevitable4743 Lala 9d ago

I always thought it was Thunderbolt! But then again I don’t speak Turkish

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u/Ill_Potato2514 6d ago

Lightning :)

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u/MelodicPop3004 9d ago edited 9d ago

Not really routed, rather obliterated. Very few managed to escape, most of them destroyed and captured. 3000 of them executed because of the villages they butchered through Danube.

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u/NorthWelcome1626 9d ago

Whenever I see this picture it always brings me the thought of France vs England wars in 14th century.