  the ottoman interregnum, or the ottoman civil wardimitris j. kastritsis, the sons of bayezid: empire building and representation in the ottoman. civil war of 1402-1413, brill, 2007, isbn 978-90-04-15836-8., xi. (20 july 1402 â 5 july 1413; ), was a civil war in the ottoman empire between the sons of sultan bayezid i following the defeat of their father by the central asian warlord timur at the battle of ankara on 20 july 1402. although mehmed Ãelebi was confirmed as sultan by timur, his brothers Ä°sa Ãelebi, musa Ãelebi, sÃ¼leyman Ãelebi, and later, mustafa Ãelebi, refused to recognize his authority, each claiming the throne for himself.fine, john van antwerp, the late medieval balkans, (university of michigan press, 1994), 499. civil war was the result. the interregnum lasted for 11 years until the battle of Ãamurlu on 5 july 1413, when mehmed Ãelebi emerged as victor in the strife, crowned himself sultan mehmed i, and restored the empire. ==civil war== ===isa and mehmed=== civil war broke out among the sons of sultan bayezid i upon his death in 1403. his oldest son, sÃ¼leyman, with his capital at edirne, ruled northern greece, bulgaria and thrace. the second son, Ä°sa Ãelebi, established himself as an independent ruler at bursadimitris j. kastritsis, 79. and mehmed formed a kingdom at amasya.dimitris j. kastritsis, 73. war broke out between mehmed and Ä°sa, and following the battles of ermeni-belidonald edgar pitcher, an historical geography of the ottoman empire, (e.j.brill, 1968), 59. and ulubad(marchâmay 1403), isa fled to constantinople and mehmed occupied bursa.dimitris j. kastritsis, 90-91. the subsequent battle at karasi between mehmed and isa resulted in a victory for mehmed and isa fleeing to karaman.donald edgar pitcher, 59. isa was later killed in a bath by agents of mehmed.dimitris j. kastritsis, 109-110. ===suleyman enters civil war=== meanwhile the other surviving son of bayezid, musa Ãelebi, who was captured at the battle of ankara, was released by timur into the custody of yakub of germiyandimitris j. kastritsis, 85. mÃ»sa was freed, after mehmed made a request for his brother's release. following isa's death, sÃ¼leyman crossed the straits with a large army.dimitris j. kastritsis, 110. initially, sÃ¼leyman was successful. he invaded anatolia, capturing bursa (march&nbsp;1404)dimitris j. kastritsis, 112. and ankara later that year. during the stalemate in anatolia, which lasted from 1405-1410, mehmed sent musa across the black sea to thrace with a small force to attack suleyman's territories in south
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