Siege of Tripolitsa

The siege of Tripolitsa or fall of Tripolitsa (Greek: Άλωση της Τριπολιτσάς, romanized: Álosi tis Tripolitsás, Greek pronunciation: [ˈalosi tis tripoliˈt͡sas]), also known as the Tripolitsa massacre (Turkish: Tripoliçe katliamı), was an early victory of the revolutionary Greek forces in the summer of 1821 during the Greek War of Independence, which had begun earlier that year, against the Ottoman Empire. Tripolitsa was an important target, because it was the administrative center of the Ottomans in the Peloponnese.

Siege of Tripolitsa
Part of the Greek War of Independence

Scene of the siege of Tripolitsa
DateApril–23 September 1821
Location
Tripoli, Morea Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (now Arcadia, Greece)
Result

Greek victory

  • Capture of Tripoli
  • Eradication of the town's Muslim and Jewish population
Belligerents
Greek Revolutionaries Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Dimitris Plapoutas
Anagnostaras
Panagiotis Kefalas
Alexandros Kantakouzinos
Maxime Raybaud		 Mustafa Bey 
Strength
10,000 12,000
Casualties and losses
100 killed or wounded 8,000 killed, wounded, or captured
6,000–15,000 Muslim and Jewish civilians killed

Following the capture of the city by the Greek revolutionary forces, a massacre of its Muslim and Jewish population occurred.

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