1402 CEReputable sourceWell documented
Timur and the Ottoman Interregnum
On the timeline · around 1402 CE ·
What happened
In 1402 the Central Asian conqueror Timur (Tamerlane) crushed the Ottomans at the Battle of Ankara and captured Sultan Bayezid I. The empire fractured into a decade of civil war known as the Interregnum before Mehmed I reunited it.
Why it matters
The Ottomans came within a hair of destruction — yet recovered so completely that within fifty years they would take Constantinople.
Sources
- World History Encyclopedia. Timur · Reputable source