battle, medieval

Battle of Urfa

Name: Battle of Urfa
Location: Şanlıurfa, Turkey

Battle of Urfa was a battle fought in 1480 at Şanlıurfa, in what is now Turkey. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Şanlıurfa. The recorded result: Aq Qoyunlu victory. Recorded strength: 40,000 against 10,000–100,000.

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Fought1480

WhereŞanlıurfa, Turkey37.158N, 38.792E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeAq Qoyunlu victory

BelligerentsAq QoyunluagainstMamluk Sultanate

Record

Date	1480 (year precision)
Place	Şanlıurfa, Turkey 37.158N, 38.792E
Kind	Battle, medieval
Strength	40,000	10,000–100,000
Commanders	Yaqub Aq Qoyunlu Sulayman Beg Bijan Sufi Khalil Beg Mawsilu	Yashbak min Mahdi

Placed at Şanlıurfa; 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

Urfa Resistance 1915, same recorded site
Battle of Edessa AD 260, 1.2 km SE
Siege of Edessa 1144, 1.2 km SE
Battle of Urfa 1920, 1.2 km SE
Siege of Edessa 1146, 1.2 km SE

Elsewhere in 1480

Battle of Urfa is one of 720 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 622 in present-day Turkey.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q55702594, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Urfa (1480), revision 1383856814, 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.