Siege of Tripolitsa

Siege of Tripolitsa
Part of the Greek War of Independence

Scene of the siege of Tripolitsa
DateApril–23 September 1821
Location
Result
  • Greek victory
  • Capture of Tripoli
  • Eradication of the town's Muslim and Jewish population
Belligerents
Greek Revolutionaries Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Dimitris Plapoutas
Anagnostaras
Petros Mavromichalis
Panagiotis Kefalas
Alexandros Kantakouzinos
Maxime Raybaud
Mustafa Bey Surrendered
Strength
10,000 12,000
Casualties and losses
100 killed or wounded[1] 8,000 killed, wounded, or captured
6,000–15,000 Muslim and Jewish civilians killed[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

The siege of Tripolitsa or fall of Tripolitsa (Greek: Άλωση της Τριπολιτσάς, romanizedÁlosi tis Tripolitsás, Greek pronunciation: [ˈalosi tis tripoliˈt͡sas]), also known as the Tripolitsa massacre (Turkish: Tripoliçe katliamı), was an early victory of the revolutionary Greek forces in the summer of 1821 during the Greek War of Independence, which had begun earlier that year, against the Ottoman Empire. Tripolitsa was an important target, because it was the administrative center of the Ottomans in the Peloponnese.

Following the capture of the city by Greek revolutionary forces, the Muslim and Jewish population was massacred.

  1. ^ According to Theodoros Kolokotronis.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Lieberman was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Katsikas was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cited by Hercules Millas, « History Textbooks in Greece and Turkey », History Workshop, n°31, 1991.
  5. ^ W. Alison Phillips, The War of Greek Independence, 1821 to 1833, p. 61.
  6. ^ St. Clair, p. 43
  7. ^ Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Encyclopedia Americana, Desilver, Thomas, & Co Encyclopedias and dictionaries, (1835), p. 20.
  8. ^ Thomas Curtis, The London encyclopaedia, or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanicsm, (1839) p. 646.