Siege of Vidin (1798)

Siege of Vidin (1798)
DateApril–October 1798
Location
Result Ottoman failure
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire Pashalik of Vidin
Commanders and leaders
Ottoman Empire Küçük Hüseyin Pasha
Ottoman Empire Ali Pasha of Ioannina
Ottoman Empire Hadji Mustafa Pasha
Osman Pazvantoğlu
Strength
Ottoman Empire 40,000–100,000 soldiers
Ottoman Empire 40 artillery pieces
Ottoman Empire 15 gunboats
10,000–12,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
Ottoman Empire Considerable Unknown

The siege of Vidin was a siege by the Ottoman Empire aimed at subduing Osman Pazvantoğlu, a regional governor who had declared de facto independence and rebelled against Ottoman authority.


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