Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Battle of Kosovo" in English language version.
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It is only in 1512 that a highly detailed description of the Battle of Kosovo appeared among the Turks. This account by Mehmed Nesri, however, would become the major resource for subsequent descriptions of the battle, not only in the Ottoman world but in Western Europe as well. (..) He clearly intended to describe a significant Ottoman victory at Kosovo and thus exaggerated much of his narrative in order to magnify the success of the Turks. We can easily summarize its content:(..) since the Christian forces had three times as many men as the Turks.
It is only in 1512 that a highly detailed description of the Battle of Kosovo appeared among the Turks. This account by Mehmed Nesri, however, would become the major resource for subsequent descriptions of the battle, not only in the Ottoman world but in Western Europe as well. (..) He clearly intended to describe a significant Ottoman victory at Kosovo and thus exaggerated much of his narrative in order to magnify the success of the Turks. We can easily summarize its content:(..) since the Christian forces had three times as many men as the Turks.
Troops of his emirate seconded Murad I in the battle of Kosovo Polje (1389), as indicated in the "Book of Victory" (Fatih-name) issued by Bayezid the Thunderbolt.
But having been established under Murad I (1362–1389), essentially as a bodyguard, the Janissaries cannot have been present in large numbers at Nicopolis (there were no more than 2,000 at Kosovo in 1389)
Much of the information about the resulting Battle of Kosovo is speculative. Murad's army, including its mercenaries, probably numbered 27,000–40,000 men, with as many as 8,500 of them cavalry. Lazar's force was smaller, probably only 12,000–30,000 men, with the Serbs constituting the great majority. Lazar had only several thousand cavalry. Lazar commanded the bulk of the Serbia contingent, with the remainder headed by Serbian noblemen Vuk Brankovic and Vlatko Vukovic
... geantwortet haben und sich mit einer Armee von 6.000 Mann nach Kosova aufgemacht haben soll. An der Schlacht auf dem Amselfeld nahmen auch andere mäch- tige albanische Fürsten teil : Demeter Jonima, dessen Reich sich über die..
A more elaborate representation of the Battle, based on Ottoman sources, attributes to the Albanian leaders Balsha, Jonima and Muzaka an organized Albanian contingent as numerous as one-fourth of the entire Balkan coalition... That Balsha and Jonima were in Kosovo is confirmed only by Ottoman Sources. The Albanian historiography relies mostly on Ottoman Sources, all including Albanian contingents in Lazar's army, together with many others. (p.13) (..) There is no doubt among Albanian historians for whom Albanian participation in the Battle on the Balkan side against the Sultan is an established fact. They have avoided a scholarly debate on alternative possibilities to the Ottoman historical records and fully embraced Nesri's narrative of the battle of Kosovo.
Two years later Gjergj Balsha II, Teodor Muzaka and Dhimitër Jonima fought in the battle of Kosovo... a quarter of the military force in the anti-Ottoman coalition was Albanian...
(translated) "... on July 7, 1389, the Ragusans sent an armed galley to Budva to invite Gjergj Strazimir II to stay with them for a few days. This invitation, in a way, had an important political background... And Gjergj II Strazimir Balsha on the day of the breaking of Kosovo was exactly in Ulqin"
Paša Jigit- -beg, koji se prvi put pominje kao jedan između turskih komandanata u kosovskoj bici.
Код Мињанелиjа, кнез је претходно заробл - ен и принуЬен да Мурату положи заклетву верности! и тада је један од њих, кажу да је то био Лазар, зарио Мурату мач у прса
Cette faiblesse a été cependant passagère, car au XIVe siècle, on mentionne de nouveau comme maître de cette aire Andrea Gropa, qui a participé en 1389 à la bataille de la Plaine du Kosovo, aux côtés de Théodore Muzaka.
The famous Albanian prince, Teodor Muzaka II, was killed in this battle, as well as many other Albanian comrades.
The famous Albanian prince, Teodor Muzaka II, was killed in this battle, as well as many other Albanian comrades.
It is only in 1512 that a highly detailed description of the Battle of Kosovo appeared among the Turks. This account by Mehmed Nesri, however, would become the major resource for subsequent descriptions of the battle, not only in the Ottoman world but in Western Europe as well. (..) He clearly intended to describe a significant Ottoman victory at Kosovo and thus exaggerated much of his narrative in order to magnify the success of the Turks. We can easily summarize its content:(..) since the Christian forces had three times as many men as the Turks.
It is only in 1512 that a highly detailed description of the Battle of Kosovo appeared among the Turks. This account by Mehmed Nesri, however, would become the major resource for subsequent descriptions of the battle, not only in the Ottoman world but in Western Europe as well. (..) He clearly intended to describe a significant Ottoman victory at Kosovo and thus exaggerated much of his narrative in order to magnify the success of the Turks. We can easily summarize its content:(..) since the Christian forces had three times as many men as the Turks.
The famous Albanian prince, Teodor Muzaka II, was killed in this battle, as well as many other Albanian comrades.
Cette faiblesse a été cependant passagère, car au XIVe siècle, on mentionne de nouveau comme maître de cette aire Andrea Gropa, qui a participé en 1389 à la bataille de la Plaine du Kosovo, aux côtés de Théodore Muzaka.
