Battle of Ankara

Battle of Ankara
	; Timur reviews his troops in the plain of Sivas in the battle of Ankara in mid-summer 1402. Zafarnama of 1436
Date	28 July 1402
Location	Çubuk plain near Ankara40°09′N 32°57′E / 40.150°N 32.950°E
Result	Timurid victory
Belligerents
Timurid Empire; Aq Qoyunlu; Germiyanids	Ottoman Sultanate; Principality of Kastrioti; Moravian Serbia; District of Branković; Anatolian beyliks and Black Tatars
Commanders and leaders
Timur; Shah Rukh; Khalil Sultan; Miran Shah; Sultan Husayn Tayichiud; Muhammad Sultan Mirza; Pir Muhammad; Shah-i-Shahan; Uthman Beg; Yakup II of Germiyan	Bayezid I (POW); Süleyman Çelebi; Mehmed Çelebi; İsa Çelebi; Musa Çelebi (POW); Mustafa Çelebi (POW); Stefan Lazarević; Vuk Lazarević ; Đurađ Branković; Gjon I Kastrioti; Koja Zaharia; Dhimitër Jonima
Strength
140,000	85,000–120,000
Casualties and losses
15,000–40,000	40,000–50,000
	Location within Turkey

The Battle of Ankara or Angora (Ottoman Turkish: آنقره محاربه‌سی, romanized: Anḳara Muḥârebesi) was fought on 28 July 1402, at the Çubuk plain near Ankara, between the forces of the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I and the emir of the Timurid Empire, Timur. The battle was a major victory for Timur, and it led to the Ottoman Interregnum.