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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 1473
B) 11 September 1472
C) 11 August 1468
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 Ottoman Empire
D) Aq Qoyunlu and Karamanids
  • 3. Who was the leader of the Aq Qoyunlu during the conflict with the Ottomans?
A) Gavur İshak
B) Zeynel Mirza
C) Uğurlu Mehmed
D) Uzun Hasan
  • 4. In what year did the Ottoman sultan Mehmed occupy Karaman?
A) 1473
B) 1471
C) 1468
D) 1463
  • 5. Where did the Ottoman main army gather before the campaign began?
A) Sivas
B) Bursa Yenisehir
C) Gallipoli
D) Istanbul
  • 6. What was the approximate size of the Ottoman army that marched to Anatolia?
A) 5,000
B) 70,000
C) 25,000
D) 85,000
  • 7. Which Ottoman official commanded the forces that defeated 5,000 Aq Qoyunlu men in Erzincan?
A) Mahmud Pasha
B) Davud Pasha
C) Turahanoğlu Ömer Bey
D) Has Murad Pasha
  • 8. Who became the companion of Has Murad Pasha during the crossing of the Euphrates?
A) Davud Pasha
B) Mahmud Pasha
C) Prince Mustafa
D) Prince Bayezid
  • 9. What tactic did Uzun Hasan's forces use to lure Has Murad Pasha into a trap?
A) Night raid
B) Poisoning supplies
C) Using archers in hiding
D) Fake retreat
  • 10. What is the name of the hill where the final battle occurred?
A) Otlukbeli
B) Koyulhisar
C) Tercan
D) Sivas
  • 11. Who commanded the right wing of Uzun Hasan's army?
A) Pir Mehmed Bey
B) Zeynel Mirza
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 used a body double named Pir Mehmed Bey
C) He surrendered and was released
D) He retreated through the mountains during the night
  • 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 fled the field with his father
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) Outbreak of disease
B) Lack of food supplies
C) Mountainous terrain and a snowstorm
D) Desertion of mercenaries
  • 16. Which city did Mehmed take over following the defeat of Uzun Hasan?
A) Konya
B) Tabriz
C) Şebinkarahisar
D) Diyarbakır
  • 17. In what language was the unusual missive sent to the Turkomans of Anatolia written?
A) Uyghur
B) Mongolian
C) Arabic
D) Persian
  • 18. Who wrote the decree (yarlık) on 30 August 1473?
A) Tursun Beg
B) Ibn Kemal
C) Şeyhzade Abdurrezak Bahşı
D) Abu Bakr Tihrani
  • 19. How many lines were in the decree (yarlık) written in August 1473?
A) 201
B) 147
C) 1000
D) 878
  • 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) Two hundred
B) Two thousand
C) Five hundred
D) One thousand
  • 22. Which work contains the account of Abu Bakr Tihrani regarding the surrender of the castle?
A) Târîh-i Ebü’l-Feth
B) Tevārīḫ-i Āl-i ʿOsmān
C) Cihannümâ
D) Kitab-i Diyarbakriyya
  • 23. Who eventually destroyed the Aq Qoyunlu power completely?
A) Dara Bey
B) Uzun Hasan
C) Mehmed
D) Ismail I
  • 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) Tevārīḫ-i Āl-i ʿOsmān
B) Cihannümâ
C) Kitab-i Diyarbakriyya
D) Târîh-i Ebü’l-Feth
  • 26. What did the Ottomans use to destroy the fortifications of Şebinkarahisar?
A) Flamethrowers
B) Cannon
C) Catapults
D) Trebuchets
  • 27. According to the text, what year of the animal was the decree dated in?
A) Horse
B) Tiger
C) Dragon
D) Snake
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