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Battle of Ivankovac

Part of the first Serbian uprising

Summary

Part of the first Serbian uprising

Field	Value
conflict	Battle of Ivankovac
partof	the First Serbian Uprising
image	Иванковац.jpg
caption	Map of the battlefield
date
place	Ivankovac, Sanjak of Smederevo,
Ottoman Empire (today Serbia)
result	Serbian victory
combatant1
combatant2	Ottoman Empire
commander1
commander2	Ottoman Empire Hafiz Mustafa Pasha
strength1	2,500 men (initially)
7,500 men (reinforced)
strength2	20,000 men
units1	Požarevac nahija
Resava nahija
units2	Ottoman Army (Sanjak of Niš muster)
casualties1	~ 1,000 killed
casualties2	10,000 killed
campaignbox

Ottoman Empire (today Serbia)

Revolutionary Serbia
Revolutionary Serbia Milenko Stojković
Revolutionary Serbia Karađorđe Petrović 7,500 men (reinforced) Resava nahija

The Battle of Ivankovac () was the first full-scale confrontation between Serbian revolutionaries and the regular forces of the Ottoman Empire during the First Serbian Uprising.

In the summer of 1805, Hafiz Mustafa Agha, known in historiography as "Hafiz Pasha", gathered an army in the Sanjak of Niš to crush the Serbian rebels led by Milenko Stojković near the village of Ivankovac. The battle ended with a Serbian victory and the death of the pasha, prompting Ottoman Sultan Selim III to declare jihad (holy war) against the Serbs.

Background

In the 1790s, the Ottoman Sultan Selim III granted the Serbs in the Sanjak of Smederevo (central Serbia) the right to run their own affairs in exchange for their cooperation with the governor of Belgrade, Hadži Mustafa Pasha. Following the Slaughter of the Knezes in February 1804, a revolt led by Karađorđe Petrović erupted against the Ottoman janissary junta (the "Dahije") in Serbia. The Serbs initially received the support of Selim and managed to defeat the corrupt janissaries by the end of the year. In the negotiations that followed the Serbs demanded the restoration of their autonomy while making contact with other Serbs in other parts of the Ottoman Empire. Alarmed by the Serbs demands and actions, Selim appointed the Ottoman governor of Niš, Hafiz Pasha, as the new governor of Belgrade and ordered him to destroy the Serbian insurgents. For the first time a regular Ottoman force was sent to crush the rebels.

Battle

During the Summer the Ottoman force arriving from Niš and led by Hafiz Pasha was ambushed by a much smaller Serbian force commanded by Milenko Stojković at the village of Ivankovac near Ćuprija. On . Stojković designed fortifications consisting of three earth and palisade fortresses and two redoubts. Serbian leader Karađorđe arrived with guns and reinforcements defeating and driving the Turks back to Niš, where Hafiz Pasha, seriously wounded during the battle, died as a result.

Aftermath

The battle was a major victory for the Serbian rebels. It marked the first time that a regular Ottoman Turkish unit was defeated by Serbian revolutionaries during the First Serbian Uprising. The victory meant that the Serbian forces had taken full control of the Belgrade Pashaluk. Smederevo was captured in November and became the first capital of the Serbian revolutionary government, while Belgrade was taken the following year. Defeat in the battle prompted Selim to declare jihad (holy war) against the Serbian revolutionaries fighting to expel the Turks from Serbia.

Gallery

File:Boj ivankovac spomenik.jpg|Monument in Ivankovac. File:The remains of sconce of battle of Ivankovac.jpg|Remains of sconces of the battle of Ivankovac. File:Remains of redoubts of battle of Ivankovac.jpg|Remains of redoubt of the battle of Ivankovac

Notes

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References

(17 Aug 2018). "The Serbian insurgents in Ivankovac". Politika.

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