Siege of Chilia (1484)

Siege of Chilia
Part of Moldavian–Ottoman Wars
Date6–14/15 July 1484
Location
Chilia Fortress [ro; uk], Moldavia
(today Kiliia, Ukraine)
Result Ottoman victory[1][page range too broad][2]
Belligerents
 Moldavia Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Stephen the Great Bayezid II
Strength
8,000–10,000[3] 20,000[3]

The siege of Chilia ended in the takeover of the Chilia Fortress [ro; uk], in the Principality of Moldavia (today located in Kiliia in present-day Ukraine), by the Ottoman Empire after a nine-day siege. The siege took place both by land and sea. After the settlement was taken, its churches were converted into mosques.[3][4]

  1. ^ Beldiceanu, Nicoară (1964). La conquête des cités marchandes de Kilia et de Cetatea Alba par Bāyezīd II. S.n, München. pp. 36–90.
  2. ^ Kubijovyc, Volodymyr, ed. (1984). Encyclopedia of Ukraine. University of Toronto Press.
  3. ^ a b c Danişmend, İsmail Hami (1971). Izahli Osmanli tarihi kronolojisi, Volume 6. Türkiye Yayinevi. p. 221.
  4. ^ Ekrem, Mehmet Ali (1993). Romen Kaynak ve Eserlerinde Türk Tarihi-1 Kronikler. Türk Tarih Kurumu. pp. 8–9. ISBN 9789751605382.