Siege of Sofia

Despite the peace, in the beginning of the 1380s the Ottomans resumed their campaigns and besieged the important city of Sofia which controlled major communication routes to Serbia and Macedonia. There are little records about the siege. After the futile attempts to storm the city, the Ottoman commander Lala Shahin Pasha considered to abandon the siege. == Second siege ==

In 1382 a Bulgarian renegade called Usunca Syondök managed to lure the city governor ban Yanuka out of the fortress to hunt and the Turks, led by Ince Balaban bey, captured him. Leaderless, the Bulgarians surrendered. became its first sanjakbey. ==Citations==