What the records say
- When
- 1355
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 42.44° N, 23.82° E
- Description
- 1355 battle
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Ihtiman
1355 battle of the Bulgarian–Ottoman wars
The Battle of Ihtiman occurred in 1355 between Bulgarians and Ottomans and resulted in a Bulgarian pyrrhic victory. The exact location is not known, but in an anonymous Bulgarian chronicle, it is mentioned that the armies of Michail Asen engaged the invading forces before they could reach Sofia.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Date unknown – Battle of Ihtiman: The Ottoman Turks defeat the Bulgarian Empire but suffer heavy losses and do not return to Bulgarian territory for around 15…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “сражение при Ихтимане — болгарские войска под командованием наследника престола Михаила Асеня на подступах к Софии остановили османское вторжение”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page