Ottoman Civil War after the Battle of Ankara (start of the Ottoman Interregnum)

Name: Ottoman Civil War after the Battle of Ankara (start of the Ottoman Interregnum)
Start: 1402
End: 1413

Type Event Region Asia Minor Time 1402–1413

In July 1402 Timur defeated and captured Ottoman sultan Bayezid I at Ankara, collapsing central imperial authority and plunging the empire into the O…

Timeline

1402Ankara · Asia MinorTimur defeated the Ottoman army led by Bayezid I on the plain of Ankara; the sultan was captured and Ottoman military supremacy suffered a fatal blow.
1402–1403Bursa · Marmara regionBayezid's sons—Süleyman, İsa, Musa, Mehmed, and Mustafa—each seized territory and claimed kingship, contesting the succession; the Ottoman central government collapsed and the civil war of the Interregnum began.

Sources

Ottoman Interregnum https://www.britannica.com/event/Ottoman-Interregnum
The Cambridge History of Turkey, Volume 1: Byzantium to Turkey, 1071–1453 — Kate Fleet (2009)