Battle of Otlukbeli

Battle of Otlukbeli - Quiz

1. On what date did the Battle of Otlukbeli take place?

A) 11 August 1468
B) 11 September 1472
C) 11 August 1473
D) 11 April 1473

2. Which two powers fought against each other at the Battle of Otlukbeli?

A) Republic of Venice and Ottoman Empire
B) Kingdom of Cyprus and Ottoman Empire
C) Aq Qoyunlu and Karamanids
D) Aq Qoyunlu and Ottoman Empire

3. Who was the leader of the Aq Qoyunlu during the conflict with the Ottomans?

A) Zeynel Mirza
B) Uğurlu Mehmed
C) Gavur İshak
D) Uzun Hasan

4. In what year did the Ottoman sultan Mehmed occupy Karaman?

A) 1471
B) 1463
C) 1473
D) 1468

5. Where did the Ottoman main army gather before the campaign began?

A) Sivas
B) Gallipoli
C) Istanbul
D) Bursa Yenisehir

6. What was the approximate size of the Ottoman army that marched to Anatolia?

A) 5,000
B) 85,000
C) 25,000
D) 70,000

7. Which Ottoman official commanded the forces that defeated 5,000 Aq Qoyunlu men in Erzincan?

A) Turahanoğlu Ömer Bey
B) Has Murad Pasha
C) Mahmud Pasha
D) Davud Pasha

8. Who became the companion of Has Murad Pasha during the crossing of the Euphrates?

A) Prince Mustafa
B) Davud Pasha
C) Mahmud Pasha
D) Prince Bayezid

9. What tactic did Uzun Hasan's forces use to lure Has Murad Pasha into a trap?

A) Fake retreat
B) Night raid
C) Poisoning supplies
D) Using archers in hiding

10. What is the name of the hill where the final battle occurred?

A) Otlukbeli
B) Tercan
C) Koyulhisar
D) Sivas

11. Who commanded the right wing of Uzun Hasan's army?

A) Gavur İshak
B) Pir Mehmed Bey
C) Uğurlu Mehmed
D) Zeynel Mirza

12. How did Uzun Hasan manage to escape the battlefield?

A) He negotiated a truce with the sultan
B) He retreated through the mountains during the night
C) He used a body double named Pir Mehmed Bey
D) He surrendered and was released

13. What happened to Zeynel Mirza during the battle?

A) He was killed and his head was sent to the Sultan
B) He fled the field with his father
C) He was captured alive
D) He defected to the Ottoman side

14. How many Janissaries did Sultan Mehmed mobilize to secure the victory?

A) 85,000
B) 5,000
C) 25,000
D) 70,000

15. What caused the Ottoman army difficulty after arriving in Sivas?

A) Mountainous terrain and a snowstorm
B) Lack of food supplies
C) Desertion of mercenaries
D) Outbreak of disease

16. Which city did Mehmed take over following the defeat of Uzun Hasan?

A) Diyarbakır
B) Konya
C) Şebinkarahisar
D) Tabriz

17. In what language was the unusual missive sent to the Turkomans of Anatolia written?

A) Uyghur
B) Arabic
C) Persian
D) Mongolian

18. Who wrote the decree (yarlık) on 30 August 1473?

A) Abu Bakr Tihrani
B) Tursun Beg
C) Şeyhzade Abdurrezak Bahşı
D) Ibn Kemal

19. How many lines were in the decree (yarlık) written in August 1473?

A) 1000
B) 201
C) 147
D) 878

20. According to Ibn Kemal, on which day did the Ottomans march to Şebinkarahisar?

A) Wednesday
B) Monday
C) Friday
D) Sunday

21. How many Ottoman men were left in Şebinkarahisar after its capture?

A) One thousand
B) Two hundred
C) Two thousand
D) Five hundred

22. Which work contains the account of Abu Bakr Tihrani regarding the surrender of the castle?

A) Tevārīḫ-i Āl-i ʿOsmān
B) Târîh-i Ebü’l-Feth
C) Kitab-i Diyarbakriyya
D) Cihannümâ

23. Who eventually destroyed the Aq Qoyunlu power completely?

A) Dara Bey
B) Uzun Hasan
C) Ismail I
D) Mehmed

24. The fall of which dynasty ended the race between the Ottoman and Safavid empires in the 18th century?

A) Uyghur
B) Aq Qoyunlu
C) Ottoman
D) Safavid

25. Which primary source was written by Tursun Beg?

A) Tevārīḫ-i Āl-i ʿOsmān
B) Kitab-i Diyarbakriyya
C) Cihannümâ
D) Târîh-i Ebü’l-Feth

26. What did the Ottomans use to destroy the fortifications of Şebinkarahisar?

A) Catapults
B) Cannon
C) Trebuchets
D) Flamethrowers

27. According to the text, what year of the animal was the decree dated in?

A) Tiger
B) Snake
C) Horse
D) Dragon

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