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Battle of the Iron Gate
Part of the Ottoman-Hungarian Wars
Ottoman wars in Europe

The battle of John Hunyadi at the Iron Gate (Chronica Hungarorum, 1488)
DateJuly 1442
Location
Iron Gate Gorge, Zajkány, Kingdom of Hungary (today's Zeicani, Romania)
Result Hungarian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Hungary Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
John Hunyadi
Nicholas Újlaki		 Hadım Şehabeddin †
Strength
15,000 80,000
Casualties and losses
Light Heavy casualties, about half the army

The Battle of the Iron Gate (Hungarian: A vaskapui diadal or zajkányi csata), was fought between the army of the Kingdom of Hungary and the Ottoman Empire in July 1442. John Hunyadi and his 15,000 men defeated the 80,000-strong army of Beylerbey Şehabeddin in the Iron Gate Gorge at Zajkány (today's Zeicani) in Hunyad county in the Kingdom of Hungary.[1][2]

In the year of 1442, John Hunyadi won four victories against the Ottomans, two of which were decisive. This reversed the dominance of the war party at the Ottoman court in Edirne, particularly when its most ardent supporter, Şehabeddin Pasha himself was defeated.[3]

After the battle, the name of Hunyadi became famous and generally respected in the Christian world and became feared by the entire Ottoman Empire.[2] The victory of John Hunyadi against Şehabeddin and a large Ottoman army is his greatest battlefield victory, and his second greatest military accomplishment after the defense battle at the Siege of Belgrade in 1456.[4]

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  1. ^ Tarján M., Tamás. "Hunyadi János legyőzi a törököket Szebennél" [John Hunyadi defeats the Turks at Szeben]. Rubicon (Hungarian Historical Information Dissemination) (in Hungarian).
  2. ^ a b Bánlaky, József. "A vaskapui diadal 1442 július havában" [The Triumph of the Iron Gate in July 1442]. A magyar nemzet hadtörténelme [The Military History of the Hungarian Nation] (in Hungarian). Budapest.
  3. ^ Jefferson 2012, p. 278.
  4. ^ Jefferson 2012, p. 291.
  5. ^ Pálosfalvi 2018, p. 287.
  6. ^ Turnbull 2003, p. 100.
  7. ^ Mureșanu 2021, p. 100.