Siege of Smyrna

When

Dec 1402

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

38.42° N, 27.14° E

Description

1402 battle in Anatolia

1402 battle in Anatolia

The siege of Smyrna was fought between the Knights of Rhodes, who held the harbour and sea-castle of Smyrna in western Anatolia, and the army of the Turco-Mongol emir Timur. The Turco-Mongols blockaded the harbour and attacked the fortifications with stone-throwing siege engines, while the defenders, numbering only about 200 knights, countered with arrows and incendiary projectiles.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “(6 Jumada al-Awwal 805 A.H.) With 4,000 troops, Tamerlane, Amir of the Timurid Empire covering much of what is now Iraq”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “осада Смирны армией Тамерлана нижнего замка города Смирны (Измир), находившегося в руках госпитальеров”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page