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18-510: (Redirected from Hüdavendigâr ) Hudavendigar may refer to: Sultan Murad I Hüdavendigâr Eyalet Hüdavendigar, Karacabey , a village in the Karacabey district of Bursa Province Hüdavendigâr Vilayet , successor entity of the above the poetic name of Bursa , a Turkish city Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

36-587: A larger force, the Ottoman Sultan Murad I attacked Serbia in 1386, when according to some sources Niš was conquered. Murad I had campaigned against the Karamanids and defeated their army near Konya . Serbian soldiers from some vassal Serbian lords had accompanied the Ottoman army. Some of the soldiers (including some Serbian soldiers) were executed for looting civilian property against

54-629: A shock from heavy Serbian knights, the outnumbered Ottoman center resisted for some time but later began to withdraw with Şahin Bey, who barely escaped with his life. Then the Serbian army turned to the other 18,000 akinjis that were busy plundering. They were unprepared, ill-disciplined, and caught by surprise; only 5,000 of them returned home alive. More than 60% of the Ottoman army was destroyed. According to tradition Serbian knight and folk hero Miloš Obilić participated with distinction in this battle; he

72-510: A tomb at the complex built in his name. Murad was the son of Orhan and Nilüfer Hatun , a slave concubine who was of ethnic Greek descent. Murad I had at least seven consorts: Murad I had at least five sons: Murad I had at least five daughters: [REDACTED] Media related to Murad I at Wikimedia Commons Battle of Plo%C4%8Dnik 43°12′07″N 21°21′20″E  /  43.20194°N 21.35556°E  / 43.20194; 21.35556 The Battle of Pločnik

90-569: The Ottomans . In 1386, Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović defeated an Ottoman force at the Battle of Pločnik . The Ottoman army suffered heavy casualties, and was unable to capture Niš on the way back. In 1389, Murad's army fought the Serbian Army and its allies under the leadership of Lazar at the Battle of Kosovo . There are different accounts from different sources about when and how Murad I

108-465: The Ottoman sources, Murad I's titles included Bey , Emîr-i a’zam (Great Emir ), Ghazi , Hüdavendigâr , Khan , Padishah , Sultânü’s-selâtîn (Sultan of sultans), Melikü’l-mülûk ( Malik of maliks), while in Bulgarian and Serbian sources he was referred to as Tsar . In a Genoese document, he was referred to as dominus armiratorum Turchie (Master lord of Turks). Murad fought against

126-563: The Sultan's order. Many of the vassal Serbian lords now began to support Lazar against the Ottomans. At that time, one lord in Shkodër wrote to the Sultan promising to recognise Ottoman sovereignty and aid the Ottoman army if Ottoman troops were sent to protect him. Murad I consequently ordered an akinji commander, Kula Şahin Bey, to prepare his troops (according to Namık Kemal, this

144-508: The Sultan's tent and kill him with sword stabs to the throat and belly. Murad's internal organs were buried in Kosovo field and remain to this day on a corner of the battlefield in a location called Meshed-i Hudavendigar which has gained a religious significance for the local Muslims. It was vandalized between 1999 and 2006 and was renovated recently. His other remains were carried to Bursa , his Anatolian capital city, and were buried in

162-727: The new capital of the Ottoman Sultanate. Then he further expanded the Ottoman realm in Southern Europe by bringing most of the Balkans under Ottoman rule, and forced the princes of Serbia and Bulgaria as well as the Byzantine emperor John V Palaiologos to pay him tribute. Murad I administratively divided his sultanate into the two provinces of Anatolia ( Asia Minor ) and Rumelia (the Balkans). According to

180-687: The powerful beylik of Karaman in Anatolia and against the Serbs , Albanians , Bulgarians and Hungarians in Europe. In particular, a Serb expedition to expel the Turks from Adrianople led by the Serbian brothers King Vukašin and Despot Uglješa , was defeated on September 26, 1371 , by Murad's capable second lieutenant Lala Şâhin Paşa , the first governor ( beylerbey ) of Rumeli . In 1385, Sofia fell to

198-416: The surrounding villages, disobeying orders, leaving Şahin Bey alone with 2,000 soldiers. The battlefield was observed by Serbian expeditionary forces. Suddenly an allied army of 15,000 soldiers appeared, many of whom were cavalry. The Serbian army used heavy knight cavalry charges, with horse archers on the flanks. The Serbs first attacked the Ottoman center (2,000 soldiers). Although unprepared and suffering

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216-534: The title Hudavendigar . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hudavendigar&oldid=1000281058 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sultan Murad I Murad I conquered Adrianople , renamed it to Edirne , and in 1363 made it

234-404: Was assassinated by Serbian nobleman and knight Miloš Obilić by knife. Most Ottoman chroniclers (including Dimitrie Cantemir ) state that he was assassinated after the finish of the battle while going around the battlefield. His older son Bayezid , who was in charge of the left wing of the Ottoman forces, took charge after that. His other son, Yakub Bey , who was in charge of the other wing,

252-415: Was assassinated. The contemporary sources mainly noted that the battle took place and that both Prince Lazar and the Sultan lost their lives in the battle. The existing evidence of the additional stories and speculations as to how Murad I died were disseminated and recorded in the 15th century and later, decades after the actual event. One Western source states that during the first hours of the battle, Murad I

270-620: Was called to the Sultan's command center tent by Bayezid, but when Yakub Bey arrived he was strangled, leaving Bayezid as the sole claimant to the throne. In a letter from the Florentine senate (written by Coluccio Salutati ) to the King Tvrtko I of Bosnia , dated 20 October 1389, Murad I's (and Yakub Bey's) killing was described. A party of twelve Serbian lords slashed their way through the Ottoman lines defending Murad I. One of them, allegedly Miloš Obilić , had managed to get through to

288-438: Was fought sometime between 1385 and 1387 near the village of Pločnik (near Prokuplje in today's southeastern Serbia ), between the forces of Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović , and the invading Ottoman Army of Sultan Murad I . The Ottoman army penetrated Pomoravlje and neighbouring areas, killing and looting, then clashed with the subjects of Lazar at Dubravnica (1381), where they were successfully fought off. With

306-475: Was not Lala Şahin Paşa , as is commonly believed). The Serbian army emerged victorious, although details of the actual battle are scarce. Şahin Bey entered Serbia with 20,000 akinjis , and learned that Serbian lords had prepared an army to attack his troops. He advanced to Pločnik near Prokuplje but could not detect that army, and believed that it did not exist. At that time, many akinjis (about 18,000) lost their temper and began looting civilian properties in

324-714: Was wounded by an Ottoman arrow. According to some, such as historian Vjekoslav Klaić , Lazar's army was aided by Bosnian troops. According to one version of the battle, it was won thanks to the Bosnian troops and the trickery of a Kastrioti . The victory gave prestige to the Serbs. It was the first serious defeat of the Ottomans in the Balkans. The Ottoman army next campaigned in Bosnia, fighting Bosnian troops led by Vlatko Vuković and Radič Sanković at Bileća (1388), ending in

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