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Siege of Nicaea

Siege of Nicaea was a siege conducted in 1328 at İznik, in what is now Turkey; it lasted about 3 years. It was part of the Byzantine–Ottoman wars, which ran from 1265 to 1479. The recorded result: Ottoman victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against Unknown.

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The Lefke Gate in Iznik, along the western ramparts of the city.
The Lefke Gate in Iznik, along the western ramparts of the city.. QuartierLatin1968, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1328lasted about 3 years
Whereİznik, Turkey40.429N, 29.719E
OutcomeOttoman victory
BelligerentsByzantine EmpireagainstOttoman Beylik
Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown
Part ofByzantine–Ottoman wars1265 to 1479

Where it sits in the Byzantine–Ottoman wars

Siege of Laodicea, 1119Battle of Mount Armenia, 1282Siege of Kulaca Hisar, 1285Battle of Domaniç, 1287Siege of Karacahisar, 1288Siege of İnegöl, 1299Battle of Bapheus, 1302Siege of Bursa, 1317Siege of Mudanya, 1321Siege of Nicaea, 1328Battle of Pelekanon, 1329Siege of Nicomedia, 1333Fall of Gallipoli, 1354Reconquest of Gallipoli, 1366Fall of Philadelphia, 1378Siege of Thessalonica, 1383Fall of Constantinople, 1453Siege of Trebizond in 1461, 146011191460Siege of Nicaea, 1328
18 placed engagements of the Byzantine–Ottoman wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1328 (year precision)
to 1331
Placeİznik, Turkey
40.429N, 29.719E
KindSiege, medieval
StrengthUnknownUnknown
Casualties and lossesUnknownUnknown
Commanders
  • Orhan Ghazi
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Siege of Nicaea
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 50 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Siege of Nicaea today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2024-06-17. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024.

The recorded site stands at about 97 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 82 to 715 m, 633 m of relief, steep country and today it is 37% tree cover, 30% water, 14% cropland.

tree cover: 37%water: 30%cropland: 14%built-up: 12%grassland: 3%shrubland: 2%tree cover 37%water 30%cropland 14%built-up 12%grassland 3%
west to east, 10.0 km83 to 182 mnorth to south, 10.0 km88 to 353 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 6 times between AD 193 and 1328.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1328

Siege of Nicaea 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 Q2422839, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Nicaea (1328–1331), revision 1370743988, 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.