Battle of Savra
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Battle of Savra | |||||||
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Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe | |||||||
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Ottoman Empire | Serbian Empire | ||||||
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Hayreddin Pasha | Balša II Balšić † Ivaniš Mrnjavčević † |
The Battle of the Saurian Field (Savra field, Berat, modern-day southern Albania) was fought on 18 September 1385 between Ottoman and Serbian forces. The Ottomans were victorious and most of the local Serbian and Albanian lords became vassals.[1]
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- ^ Sedlar, Jean W. East Central Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500, University of Washington Press, p. 385