Capture of Ephesus by the Beylik of Aydın (c. 1308)

Name: Capture of Ephesus by the Beylik of Aydın (c. 1308)
Start: 1308

Type Event Region Asia Minor Time c. 1308

Around 1308 CE, the Beylik of Aydın, led by Mehmed Bey, captured the Byzantine-held Aegean stronghold of Ephesus.

Timeline

1306–1307Aydın region · Aegean coastMehmed Bey led Aydın forces from the interior toward the Aegean coast, gradually nibbling away Byzantine remnants in Ionia and preparing for the assault on Ephesus.
c. 1308Ephesus · Aegean coastAydın forces captured the city of Ephesus, the Byzantine garrison retreated in rout, and this ancient famous city passed into the rule of a Turkish beylik, becoming an important base for the Aydın dynasty's expansion into the Aegean.

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