Siege of Amasra
1460 capture of the Genoese colony of Amasra by the Ottoman Empire / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The siege of Amasra was the land and sea besiegement that resulted in the Ottoman Army, under the command of Fatih Sultan Mehmed, and the Ottoman Navy, under the command of Grand Vizier Veli Mahmud Pasha, capturing the Genoese colony of Amasra, and annexing it into Ottoman lands in 1460.
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Amasra Fortress | |||||||||
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Ottoman Empire | Republic of Genoa | ||||||||
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Mehmed II Mahmud Pasha | ?? | ||||||||
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