⚔️🔰⚔️ Bursa city victory ⚔️🔰⚔️
Before conquering the city of Bursa, Osman Gazi conquered many small and big forts, but especially among them
🗡️ Kite conquers the fort,
🗡️ then conquered Ulubad or Ululubad Fort,
🗡️ Then Orhaneli Bazar won.
(It was not Urhaneli market at first, but after the victory, Usman Gazi named this market after his son because of his son Urhan’s bravery in the war.)
After these three victories, the way to conquer the city of Bursa was opened.
Usman Ghazi besieged this city for 9 years to conquer it,,, being a big city, it was not easy to conquer it.
But due to the political skill and proper leadership of Usman Gazi, he won this city before his death.
During the siege of Osman Ghazi, the Byzantines took advantage of the city’s civil war,
Emperor Andronikos II decided that his grandfather was already old and unable to defend the city from Ottoman siege, so they began fighting each other over the throne. He was very stubborn and caused constant trouble. He took the most brave and powerful sonpati of the Byzantines, Senapati Saroj and his younger brother Senapati Sarbod to his side and won the throne fight and sat on the throne.
All this happened after the siege of the city of Usman, at that time about 10 thousand soldiers of Usman Gazi kept the city under siege.
After the siege of the city, this trouble and struggle for the throne gave Osman Ghazi many opportunities. On this occasion, Uthman played many political games,,, as a result of which the people of the city slowly started to favor Uthman.
During this siege, Uthman had many small battles with the forces of Bursa.
Usman Gazi stopped the supply from all around.
He stopped the forces coming from different places to protect the city.
The hidden gate inside the city was also discovered, when Commander Aidogdu entered through that gate with only a few soldiers, it was too late, because the soldiers inside realized it and immediately broke down the gate.
Commander Aidogdu was martyred in a valiant battle with only a few soldiers inside, Byzantine commander Saroj Aidogdu hung his head on the Bursa Gate, then Uthman took an oath to cut off Saroj’s head and hang it on the Bursa Gate.
Andronikos also allied with the Greeks to save the city from Uthman.
(More details on this alliance are available here)
At the end of the siege, Usman Gazi, who had been running in the field of Jihad all his life, became seriously ill, then Usman’s son Urhan Gazi led the battle. At that time, Urhan bravely faced many difficult situations.
Unable to endure starvation and siege, Bursa’s troops marched into the field for a final assault
Usman Gazi with a sick body fought bravely on the battlefield and led the battle and conquered the city.
Commander Saroj was killed and his head was hanged by Usman Gazi, and his younger brother Sarbod was killed by Urhan Gazi. Meanwhile, Sarbod occupied an important place in the city, but was defeated by Urhan.
Andronikos was captured by Usman Ghazi in the battle, but not killed by Usman Ghazi.
Some say he was released by Usman Gazi immediately.
The army of Bursa was 40 thousand in total.
And Usman Gazi’s army was 12 thousand.
In this war, the leadership of Usman Gazi bravely performed the duties of commander in various places
Urhan Ghazi
Turgut Alp
Konur Alp
Akchacocha Alp
Idogdu Alp
Mihail Kosses
Osman Gazi died 7 days after the victory of the city.
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