Siege of Vidin (1798)

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