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Bayezid I

Type Figure Region Anatolia Time c. 1360–1403 Also known as the Thunderbolt Sultan

Ottoman sultan (1389–1403), son of Murad I, known as "the Thunderbolt"; he expanded the empire at Kosovo and Nicopolis, was defeated and captured by …

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  1. 1389–1402Bursa · Ottoman EmpireSucceeded to the throne after the Battle of Kosovo, consolidated rule over the Balkans and Anatolia, and crushed the crusader coalition at Nicopolis in 1396, bringing the empire's territory to its peak.
  2. 1402–1403Akşehir · AnatoliaSuffered a crushing defeat by Timur at the Battle of Ankara in 1402 and was taken prisoner. His sons each carved out their own domains, plunging the empire into the civil wars of the Interregnum; he died in captivity in March 1403.

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