Battle of Savra

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Battle of Savra
Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe
Date 1385
Location Saurian field, Berat
Result Decisive Ottoman victory[1]
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Serbian Empire
Commanders
Hayreddin Pasha Balša II Balšić
Ivaniš Mrnjavčević

The Battle of the Saurian Field (Savra field, Lushnjë, 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.[2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Sedlar, Jean W., East Central Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500, (University of Washington Press, 1994), 385.
  2. ^ Sedlar, 385

[edit] References

  • Sedlar, Jean W., East Central Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500, (University of Washington Press, 1994).