Ayntab Fortress

Ayntab Fortress was a fortress constructed in the Taurus Mountains, near the city of Ayntab in the Ayntab Province. The fortress was constructed by the Ottoman Empire in 1472 CE, on orders from then-Padishah Mehmed II Fatih Osmanoglu. Osmanoglu believed that due to the city's important location on a trade route through a mountain pass, the fortress could be used to repel any invaders, particularly the Mamluk Sultanate that existed to the southern border. The fortress saw its greatest use in the First Ottoman—Mamluk War, where Osmanoglu's son Suleymen'im I Osmanoglu began the first of many campaigns against the Mamluks. The first war was to expand the Beylik of Rakkah—later the Beylik of Syria—to expand Ottoman influence. Ayntab Fortress was not directly attacked, however Mamluk troops moving to the Ermenek Fortress passed by the city of Ayntab.
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Category:Fortresses