Battle of Otlukbeli

Battle of Otlukbeli - Quiz

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A) He retreated through the mountains during the night
B) He used a body double named Pir Mehmed Bey
C) He negotiated a truce with the sultan
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 defected to the Ottoman side
D) He was captured alive

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

23. Who eventually destroyed the Aq Qoyunlu power completely?

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

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

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

25. Which primary source was written by Tursun Beg?

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

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

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

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

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

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