Siege of Nagykanizsa

Siege of Nagykanizsa
Part of the Long War
Ottoman-Habsburg wars (1593 – c. 1606)
Date9 September 1601 – 18 November 1601
Location
Nagykanizsa, Ottoman Empire
Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Habsburg Austria
Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Croatia
Papal States
Knights of Malta
Commanders and leaders
Tiryaki Hasan Pasha
 Archduke Ferdinand
Strength
6,000 sipahi
3,000 janissary
100 small cannon		 100,000[1]–160,000[2][3]
40+ cannon
Casualties and losses
Unknown More than 30,000 killed[4]
6,000 sick and wounded[2]

During the siege of Naģykanizsa (Turkish: Kanije Savunması, lit. 'The Defence of Kanizsa') in 1601, a small Ottoman force held the fortress of Naģykanizsa in western Hungary against a much larger coalition army of the Habsburg monarchy, while inflicting heavy losses on its besiegers.

This battle was part of the Long War between the Ottoman Empire and the House of Habsburg, lasting from 1593 to 1606.

  1. ^ Austria in conflict with the Porte, The German Political Broadsheet, 1600–1700: Vol. I, 1600–1615, ed. John Roger Paas, (MZ-Verlagsdruckerei GmbH, 1985), p. 51
  2. ^ a b Austria in conflict with the Porte, The German Political Broadsheet, 1600–1700: Vol. I, 1600–1615, ed. John Roger Paas, (MZ-Verlagsdruckerei GmbH, 1985), 51.[1]
  3. ^ ÜNLÜ, Osman. "In Early Historical and Literal Sources Defence of Kanizsa". Archived from the original on March 19, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  4. ^ Prof. Yaşar Yüce-Prof. Ali Sevim: Türkiye tarihi Cilt III, AKDTYKTTK Yayınları, İstanbul, 1991 pp. 38–40