siege, medieval

Fall of Sis

Name: Fall of Sis
Location: Turkey

Fall of Sis was a siege conducted in 1375 in what is now Turkey. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. The recorded result: Mamluk victory.

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Fought1375

WhereTurkey37.444N, 35.810E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeMamluk victory

BelligerentsArmenian Kingdom of CiliciaagainstMamluk Sultanate

Record

Date	1375 (year precision)
Place	Turkey 37.444N, 35.810E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Commanders	Leo V of Armenia	Al-Ashraf Sha'ban

Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Poimanenon 1224, 53 km N
Resistance of Hadjin 1920, 65 km N
Battle of Issus AD 194, 74 km SE
Battle of Issus 333 BC, 76 km SE
Battle of Kopidnadon AD 788, 83 km W

Elsewhere in 1375

Battle of Gardiki Greece

Fall of Sis is one of 566 engagements of the 14th century in the atlas and one of 622 in present-day Turkey.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q124260231, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Fall of Sis, revision 1370617955, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.