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The 12 pages that link to Battle of Ankara, each with the reason it gives.

• Ottoman EmpireCompared with: The defeat interrupted Ottoman expansion and precipitated a succession struggle among Bayezid’s sons.

• Timurid EmpireBroader topic: The victory marked the reach of Timur’s conquests beyond the empire’s core.

• TimurBroader topic: The victory checked Ottoman expansion and made Timur a dominant power in Anatolia.

• Ottoman successionBroader topic: Bayezid’s defeat triggered the succession struggle among his sons.

• Ottoman InterregnumBroader topic: Its outcome shattered Ottoman control and triggered the succession crisis.

• Battle of NicopolisRelated: It reversed Bayezid’s fortunes six years after his victory at Nicopolis.

• Bayezid IBroader topic: The defeat ended Bayezid’s rule and fractured Ottoman authority among his sons.

• Timurid dynastyBroader topic: This major campaign expanded Timur’s western influence before his death.

• Mehmed IRelated: Bayezid’s defeat enabled his sons to establish rival powers across Ottoman territories.

• Rise of the Ottoman EmpireBroader topic: The defeat interrupted expansion and triggered a succession crisis.

• Smyrniote CrusadesRelated: Timur’s victory opened the way for his forces to attack the Hospitaller-held harbor at Smyrna.

• Timurid conquests and invasionsBroader topic: The victory briefly checked Ottoman expansion into Anatolia.