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Battle of Otlukbeli - Quiz
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  • 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) Aq Qoyunlu and Karamanids
B) Aq Qoyunlu and Ottoman Empire
C) Republic of Venice and Ottoman Empire
D) Kingdom of Cyprus and Ottoman Empire
  • 3. Who was the leader of the Aq Qoyunlu during the conflict with the Ottomans?
A) Uğurlu Mehmed
B) Gavur İshak
C) Uzun Hasan
D) Zeynel Mirza
  • 4. In what year did the Ottoman sultan Mehmed occupy Karaman?
A) 1463
B) 1471
C) 1473
D) 1468
  • 5. Where did the Ottoman main army gather before the campaign began?
A) Sivas
B) Bursa Yenisehir
C) Istanbul
D) Gallipoli
  • 6. What was the approximate size of the Ottoman army that marched to Anatolia?
A) 85,000
B) 5,000
C) 70,000
D) 25,000
  • 7. Which Ottoman official commanded the forces that defeated 5,000 Aq Qoyunlu men in Erzincan?
A) Has Murad Pasha
B) Turahanoğlu Ömer Bey
C) Mahmud Pasha
D) Davud Pasha
  • 8. Who became the companion of Has Murad Pasha during the crossing of the Euphrates?
A) Davud Pasha
B) Prince Mustafa
C) Prince Bayezid
D) Mahmud Pasha
  • 9. What tactic did Uzun Hasan's forces use to lure Has Murad Pasha into a trap?
A) Night raid
B) Using archers in hiding
C) Fake retreat
D) Poisoning supplies
  • 10. What is the name of the hill where the final battle occurred?
A) Sivas
B) Koyulhisar
C) Tercan
D) Otlukbeli
  • 11. Who commanded the right wing of Uzun Hasan's army?
A) Zeynel Mirza
B) Pir Mehmed Bey
C) Gavur İshak
D) Uğurlu Mehmed
  • 12. How did Uzun Hasan manage to escape the battlefield?
A) He negotiated a truce with the sultan
B) He surrendered and was released
C) He retreated through the mountains during the night
D) He used a body double named Pir Mehmed Bey
  • 13. What happened to Zeynel Mirza during the battle?
A) He was captured alive
B) He was killed and his head was sent to the Sultan
C) He defected to the Ottoman side
D) He fled the field with his father
  • 14. How many Janissaries did Sultan Mehmed mobilize to secure the victory?
A) 25,000
B) 85,000
C) 70,000
D) 5,000
  • 15. What caused the Ottoman army difficulty after arriving in Sivas?
A) Desertion of mercenaries
B) Mountainous terrain and a snowstorm
C) Lack of food supplies
D) Outbreak of disease
  • 16. Which city did Mehmed take over following the defeat of Uzun Hasan?
A) Şebinkarahisar
B) Diyarbakır
C) Konya
D) Tabriz
  • 17. In what language was the unusual missive sent to the Turkomans of Anatolia written?
A) Uyghur
B) Persian
C) Arabic
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) 201
B) 878
C) 1000
D) 147
  • 20. According to Ibn Kemal, on which day did the Ottomans march to Şebinkarahisar?
A) Sunday
B) Wednesday
C) Monday
D) Friday
  • 21. How many Ottoman men were left in Şebinkarahisar after its capture?
A) Five hundred
B) Two thousand
C) Two hundred
D) One thousand
  • 22. Which work contains the account of Abu Bakr Tihrani regarding the surrender of the castle?
A) Kitab-i Diyarbakriyya
B) Târîh-i Ebü’l-Feth
C) Tevārīḫ-i Āl-i ʿOsmān
D) Cihannümâ
  • 23. Who eventually destroyed the Aq Qoyunlu power completely?
A) Dara Bey
B) Mehmed
C) Uzun Hasan
D) Ismail I
  • 24. The fall of which dynasty ended the race between the Ottoman and Safavid empires in the 18th century?
A) Aq Qoyunlu
B) Ottoman
C) Safavid
D) Uyghur
  • 25. Which primary source was written by Tursun Beg?
A) Tevārīḫ-i Āl-i ʿOsmān
B) Cihannümâ
C) Târîh-i Ebü’l-Feth
D) Kitab-i Diyarbakriyya
  • 26. What did the Ottomans use to destroy the fortifications of Şebinkarahisar?
A) Cannon
B) Catapults
C) Flamethrowers
D) Trebuchets
  • 27. According to the text, what year of the animal was the decree dated in?
A) Snake
B) Tiger
C) Horse
D) Dragon
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