Battle of Savra

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Battle of Savra
Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe
Date 1385 Location Saurian field, Berat Result Decisive Ottoman victory[1]
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire	Serbian Empire
Commanders
Hayreddin Pasha	Balša II Balšić † Ivaniš Mrnjavčević †

v • d • e Medieval Serbian-Turkish Wars Gallipoli – Stephaniana – Maritsa – Dubravnica – Savra – Pločnik – Bileća – Kosovo Field – Tripolje – Despotovac – Vitosha Pass – Kruševac – Smederevo – Belgrade

The Battle of the Saurian Field (Savra field, Lushnjë, modern-day southern Albania) was fought on 18 September 1385 between Ottoman and Serbian forces. The Ottomans were victorious and most of the local Serbian and Albanian lords became vassals.^[2]

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• Sedlar, Jean W., East Central Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500, (University of Washington Press, 1994).