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When did Larissa become Ottoman?

Larissa (Yenişehir) · Today: Greece · Balkans

495years under Ottoman rule

Larissa came under Ottoman rule in 1386; Ottoman rule ended in 1881.

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1386–1881 · 495 years

Chronology

  1. 1386
    Became Ottoman

    Gazi Evrenos conquered eastern Thessaly including the town (sources give different dates); the Ottomans refounded it.

    Sultan: Murad I
  2. 1881
    Left Ottoman rule

    Ottoman rule ended when Thessaly was ceded to Greece; until then it was among the ten largest Ottoman cities in Europe.

    Sultan: Abdulhamid II
  3. 1897
    Note

    In the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 Gazi Edhem Pasha briefly brought the town back under Ottoman rule.

    Sultan: Abdulhamid II

How the total is counted: years of actual Ottoman rule are added up. Temporary occupations shorter than a year (that were reversed) are not subtracted; they appear as notes in the chronology.

In the atlas

On the atlas map the city lies in the region “Thessaly (Larissa–Trikala–Arta)”. Map colours work at region level, so the city's own dates may differ from the region's by a few years.

Open the map in 1386

Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, “YENİŞEHİR” (Turkish); text written for the atlas.