Battle of Cecora (1620)
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The Battle of Cecora took place during the Polish–Ottoman War between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Ottoman forces, fought from 17 September to 7 October 1620 in Moldavia, near the Prut River
Death of Hetman Stanislaw Żółkiewski with his confessor, Father Szymon Wybierski, in the Battle of Cecora (1620), painting by Walery Eljasz-Radzikowski
Tatar warriors of the Crimean Khanate during the Battle of Cecora (1620)
Iskender Pasha was an Ottoman commander and the beylerbey of Oczakov. In 1620 Iskender Paşa led an Ottoman army, with Wallachian contingents against the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth at the Battle of
Battle of Cecora (1620)
…confrontation with the Ottoman Empire and decided to meet Ottoman troops on foreign soil, Moldavia being the obvious choice. However, the sultan sent Iskender Pasha to Moldavia to remove Hospodar Gaspar Graziani, who had allied himself with Poland. Hetmans Zółkiewski and Koniecpolski led the army to Țuțora (Cecora…
Contemporary depiction of İskender Paşa’s Polish campaign, TPML, H. 1124, 35b-36a.