Suleiman I's campaign of 1529

Hungarian campaign of Suleiman
Part of the Ottoman–Habsburg wars
Habsburg–Ottoman war of 1529–1533

"The Great Gun", a 1518 allegorical representation by Albrecht Dürer of the Turkish menace for the German lands.
Date1529
Location
Hungary
Result Ottoman victory
Territorial
changes
Ottomans re-occupy Győr, Komárom, Esztergom, and Buda
Belligerents
Habsburg Austria
Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of Bohemia
Kingdom of Croatia
Ferdinand's Hungarian kingdom
Ottoman Empire
Moldavia
John Szapolyai's Hungarian kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Ferdinand I Suleiman the Magnificent
Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha
John Szapolyai
Peter IV Rareș
Strength
Unknown 120,000 soldiers[1]
(including 12,000 Janissaries)[2]
20,000 camels
300 guns
6,000 Hungarian horsemen[2]
Casualties and losses
20,000 dead
(soldiers and civilians)[2]
40,000 dead[2]

Suleiman I's campaign of 1529 was launched by the Ottoman Empire to take the Austrian capital Vienna and thereby strike a decisive blow, allowing the Ottomans to consolidate their hold on Hungary. This was in response to Ferdinand I's daring assault on Ottoman Hungary.

  1. ^ Turnbull, Stephen. The Ottoman Empire 1326 - 1699. New York: Osprey, 2003. pg 50
  2. ^ a b c d Clodfelter 2017, p. 24.

Suleiman I's campaign of 1529

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