Siege of Šabac (1521)

Siege of Šabac
	Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe and Ottoman-Hungarian Wars
Date	7 July 1521
Location	Šabac
Result	Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Hungary	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Louis II	Suleiman I; Ahmed Pasha
Casualties and losses
All defenders killed	Unknown

The siege of Šabac or Szabács occurred on 7 July in the year 1521 when the Ottoman Empire conquered the Šabac fortress.^[1]

In 1520 Suleiman the Magnificent ascended to the throne. The Ottomans under the leadership of Ahmed Pasha conquered the fortress of Šabac on 7 July in 1521.^[1]^[2]^[3] All of its defenders were killed.^[1] After its conquest Suleiman said that it was one of the cities he had conquered and that it must be improved.^[1] He ordered towers to be built around the fortress and a moat around it filled with water from Sava.^[1] Suleiman spent 10 full days on the Sava at Šabac overseeing the construction of the pontoon bridge.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Grčić, Mirko, and Ljiljana Grčić. "Genesis of the city Šabac and origin of its name." Zbornik radova Geografskog instituta" Jovan Cvijić", SANU 61, no. 1 (2011): 85-105.
^ Kásler, Miklós. "Ethnic and Demographic Changes in Hungary’s (More Than) 1100 Years Long History." POLGÁRI SZEMLE: GAZDASÁGI ÉS TÁRSADALMI FOLYÓIRAT 13, no. Spec. (2017): 295-325.
^ Mikaberidze, Alexander, ed. Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia : A Historical Encyclopedia. abc-clio, 2011.

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[Mirko-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Grčić, Mirko, and Ljiljana Grčić. "Genesis of the city Šabac and origin of its name." Zbornik radova Geografskog instituta" Jovan Cvijić", SANU 61, no. 1 (2011): 85-105.

[2] Kásler, Miklós. "Ethnic and Demographic Changes in Hungary’s (More Than) 1100 Years Long History." POLGÁRI SZEMLE: GAZDASÁGI ÉS TÁRSADALMI FOLYÓIRAT 13, no. Spec. (2017): 295-325.

[3] Mikaberidze, Alexander, ed. Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia : A Historical Encyclopedia. abc-clio, 2011.

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