Siege of Tripolitsa

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event in the Greek War of Independence military campaign siege

The Siege of Tripolitsa was a pivotal 1821 Greek War of Independence campaign in which Greek revolutionaries captured the Ottoman stronghold of Tripolitsa in the Peloponnese, leading to a decisive shift in control of the region.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Siege of Tripolitsa canonical	7
Sack of Tripolitsa	2
Fall of Tripolitsa	1
siege of Tripolitsa	1
siege of Tripolitsa (1821)	1
πολιορκία της Τριπολιτσάς	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3370422 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Siege of Tripolitsa
Context triple: [Theodoros Kolokotronis, participantIn, Siege of Tripolitsa]

A. Battle of Otranto Straits
The Battle of Otranto Straits was a major 1917 naval engagement between Allied and Austro-Hungarian forces in the Adriatic Sea, notable for its impact on anti-submarine operations and control of Mediterranean sea routes during World War I.
B. Battle of Marsaglia (1693)
The Battle of Marsaglia (1693) was a major French victory over the forces of the Grand Alliance in northern Italy during the Nine Years' War, noted for its heavy casualties and decisive outcome.
C. The Battle of Chesme
The Battle of Chesme is a famous 19th-century historical seascape painting by Ivan Aivazovsky depicting the dramatic Russian naval victory over the Ottoman fleet during the 1770 Battle of Chesme.
D. Battle of Tripoli
The Battle of Tripoli was the decisive 2011 offensive in Libya’s capital in which anti-Gaddafi rebel forces, backed by NATO, seized control of the city and effectively toppled Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.
E. Siege of Cattaro
The Siege of Cattaro was a 1806–1807 Napoleonic-era military engagement in which Russian and Montenegrin forces besieged the French-held port of Cattaro (now Kotor, Montenegro) on the Adriatic coast.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Siege of Tripolitsa
Target entity description: The Siege of Tripolitsa was a pivotal 1821 Greek War of Independence campaign in which Greek revolutionaries captured the Ottoman stronghold of Tripolitsa in the Peloponnese, leading to a decisive shift in control of the region.

A. Battle of Otranto Straits
The Battle of Otranto Straits was a major 1917 naval engagement between Allied and Austro-Hungarian forces in the Adriatic Sea, notable for its impact on anti-submarine operations and control of Mediterranean sea routes during World War I.
B. Battle of Marsaglia (1693)
The Battle of Marsaglia (1693) was a major French victory over the forces of the Grand Alliance in northern Italy during the Nine Years' War, noted for its heavy casualties and decisive outcome.
C. The Battle of Chesme
The Battle of Chesme is a famous 19th-century historical seascape painting by Ivan Aivazovsky depicting the dramatic Russian naval victory over the Ottoman fleet during the 1770 Battle of Chesme.
D. Battle of Tripoli
The Battle of Tripoli was the decisive 2011 offensive in Libya’s capital in which anti-Gaddafi rebel forces, backed by NATO, seized control of the city and effectively toppled Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.
E. Siege of Cattaro
The Siege of Cattaro was a 1806–1807 Napoleonic-era military engagement in which Russian and Montenegrin forces besieged the French-held port of Cattaro (now Kotor, Montenegro) on the Adriatic coast.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in the Greek War of Independence ⓘ military campaign ⓘ siege ⓘ
aftermath	controversy over atrocities committed after the capture ⓘ establishment of Greek control over Tripolitsa ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Fall of Tripolitsa ⓘ linked to: Siege of Tripolitsa Sack of Tripolitsa ⓘ linked to: Siege of Tripolitsa
belligerent	Ottoman garrison of Tripolitsa ⓘ revolutionary Greek forces ⓘ
chronology	early campaign of the Greek War of Independence ⓘ
combatant	Greek revolutionaries ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
conflict	Greek War of Independence ⓘ
country	Ottoman Empire ⓘ
endTime	1821 ⓘ
hasCasualties	high civilian casualties among Muslim and Jewish inhabitants ⓘ
hasCause	Greek uprising against Ottoman rule ⓘ
hasCommander	Hurshid Pasha ⓘ Kehagias Mustafa ⓘ Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ
hasEffect	consolidation of Greek control over much of the Peloponnese ⓘ increased international attention to the Greek revolt ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
historicalRegion	Morea ⓘ
location	Ottoman Empire ⓘ Peloponnese ⓘ Tripolitsa ⓘ
notableParticipant	Greek irregular fighters ⓘ Ottoman Albanian troops ⓘ Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ
opponent	Greek revolutionaries ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
partOf	Greek War of Independence ⓘ Peloponnesian campaign of 1821 ⓘ linked to: Peloponnesian campaigns of 1821–1822
precededBy	outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in the Peloponnese ⓘ
result	Greek victory ⓘ capture of Tripolitsa by Greek revolutionaries ⓘ massacre of the Muslim and Jewish population of Tripolitsa ⓘ
significance	decisive shift in control of the Peloponnese to Greek forces ⓘ major psychological boost for the Greek revolutionary cause ⓘ pivotal campaign in the early phase of the Greek War of Independence ⓘ weakened Ottoman authority in southern Greece ⓘ
startTime	1821 ⓘ
strategicObjective	capture of the main Ottoman administrative center in the Peloponnese ⓘ
target	Ottoman stronghold of Tripolitsa ⓘ linked to: Ottoman garrison of Tripolitsa
tookPlaceIn	Tripolitsa, central Peloponnese ⓘ linked to: Tripoli, Greece
year	1821 ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Theodoros Kolokotronis → participantIn → Siege of Tripolitsa ⓘ

siege and fall of Tripolitsa in 1821 → alsoKnownAs → Siege of Tripolitsa ⓘ

Siege of Tripolitsa → alsoKnownAs → Fall of Tripolitsa ⓘ