Battle of Çamurlu

Battle of Çamurlu
Part of the Ottoman Interregnum
Date5 July 1413
Location
Çamurlu, near modern-day Samokov, Bulgaria
Result
  • Mehmed's victory
  • End of the Ottoman Interregnum; reunification of the Ottoman state
  • Mehmed becomes the sole ruler
Belligerents
Mehmed's forces
Serbian Despotate		 Musa's forces
Commanders and leaders
Mehmed Çelebi
Stefan Lazarević		 Musa Çelebi  
Strength
10,000 Unknown

The Battle of Çamurlu was fought on 5 July 1413 between Musa Çelebi and Mehmed Çelebi, both sons of Bayezid I, as the last conflict of the Ottoman civil war known as the Ottoman Interregnum. The battle decided which son of Bayezid I would finally reunite the Ottoman Empire, with Mehmed Çelebi becoming Mehmed I of the Ottoman Empire.

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