The Battle of Ankara fought on 20 July 1402 between the forces of the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I and the Turko-Mongol forces of Timur, ruler of the Timurid Empire.

The battle was a major victory for Timur, and it led to a period of crisis for the Ottoman Empire (the Ottoman Interregnum).

However the Timurid Empire went into terminal decline following Timur’s death just three years after the battle, while the Ottoman Empire made a full recovery, and continued to increase in power for another two to three centuries.
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