Battle of Dimbos

Battle of Dimbos
Part of the Byzantine–Ottoman Wars

Drawing showing Turkish leader Osman, (the man holding up a parchment) who is the founder of the Ottoman Empire.
Date1303
Location
Dimbos, Yenişehir
Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Byzantine Empire Ottoman Beylik
Commanders and leaders
Tekfurs of Bursa
Tekfurs of Kite
Tekfurs of Kestel
Tekfurs of Adranos
Tekfurs of Ulubat
Osman I
Strength
6,000 Troops 5,000 Ghazi
Casualties and losses

Tekfur of Kestel

3,500 troops

Aydoğdu Bey

1,500 ghazis

The Battle of Dinboz[1][2] or Dimbos[3](Turkish: Dimbos Muharebesi) took place between the Ottoman Beylik (later Ottoman Empire) and the Byzantine Empire in 1303.[3]

  1. ^ Donald Nicol, Theodore Spandounes: On the origin the Ottoman emperors. Cambridge University Press 1997, p. 10
  2. ^ Colin Imber, "The Legend of Osman Gazi" in Elizabeth A. Zachariadou (ed.), The Ottoman Emirate (1300-1389). Halcyon Days in Crete, A Symposium Held in Rethymnon. 1994, ISBN 960-7309-58-8, p. 72
  3. ^ a b Halil İnalcık, "The Struggle Between Osman Gazi and The Byzantines For Nicaea", Isıl Akbaygil, Halil İnalcık, Oktay Aslanapa (ed.), İznik: Throughout History, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, ISBN 975-458-431-1, 2003, pp. 61-62, 70. in İnalcık's personal website.