Editing Murad I (section)

==Wars==
[[File:3 -Murad I map.PNG|thumb|left|Map of the conquests of Murad I]]
[[File:Sultan Murad I šahīd.png|thumb|left|16th century miniature depicting Murad I]]

Murad fought against the powerful [[Anatolian beyliks|beylik]] of [[Karamanids|Karaman]] in [[Anatolia]] and against the [[Serbs]], [[Albanians]], [[Bulgarians]] and [[Hungarians]] in Europe. In particular, a Serb expedition to expel the Turks from Adrianople led by the Serbian brothers King [[Vukašin Mrnjavčević|Vukašin]] and [[Despot (court title)|Despot]] [[Jovan Uglješa|Uglješa]], was [[Battle of Maritsa|defeated on September 26, 1371]], by Murad's capable second lieutenant [[Lala Shahin Pasha|Lala Şâhin Paşa]], the first governor (''[[beylerbey]]'') of [[Rumili Province|Rumeli]]. In 1385, [[Sofia]] fell to the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]]. In 1386, Prince [[Lazar Hrebeljanović]] defeated an Ottoman force at the [[Battle of Pločnik]]. The Ottoman army suffered heavy casualties, and was unable to capture [[Niš]] on the way back.