| Figures | ||
| 1.1 | Portrait of Sultan Süleyman | 16 |
| 2.1 | Mohács Island on a map (1720â1725) | 48 |
| 2.2 | The smaller Mohács branch and the larger Baracska branch of the Danube on Ignácz Müllerâs map of 1769 | 49 |
| 2.3 | The main stations of Louis IIâs and Süleymanâs armies to Mohács, along the Danube | 52 |
| 2.4 | The surroundings of the Island of Mohács with the main sites mentioned in the sources | 55 |
| 2.5 | Mohács on the map of the Military Survey I (1783) | 58 |
| 2.6 | Mohács on the Danube | 61 |
| 2.7 | The location of the treasure trove found in Duna Street [Kálvin köz] in Mohács | 63 |
| 2.8 | The assumed location of the Kölled fort at the crossing (ca. 1696) by Marsigli | 64 |
| 2.9 | Bozuk kilise (Buziglica) at the ruins of Géta monastery (Ketu) and the crossroads to Mohács and to Merse and Majs | 68 |
| 2.10 | Cross-section of the swamp showing elevation differences at the Vizslak Meadow | 70 |
| 2.11 | âDeep Ditchâ, or âvalleyâ, an ancient river bed on the battlefield | 72 |
| 2.12 | The main scenes of the battle | 73 |
| 2.13 | Result of visibility analysis on the Mohács Plain | 74 |
| 4.1 | The tabur cengi, the Ottoman order of battle, 1526, Battle of Mohács | 141 |
| 4.2 | Janissaries with handguns accompanying Sultan Murad III | 147 |
| 5.1 | Depiction of the Battle of Mohács, 1559, Augsburg | 177 |
| 5.2 | The site of the Battle of Mohács | 187 |
| 6.1 | Location of the investigated area in Europe | 219 |
| 6.2 | Microtopography in the Mohács Plain | 223 |
| 6.3 | Geomorphological surfaces of the study area | 223 |
| 6.4 | Topographical section of natural levees on both banks of the Béda-Danube and scroll-bar systems | 225 |
| 6.5 | Photos of the floodplain | 226 |
| 6.6 | The flood-free terrace presented in photos | 227 |
| 6.7 | Topographical section of Látóhegy and its environs | 228 |
| 6.8 | Topographical section of the Sátorhely Ridge | 229 |
| 6.9 | The paleobed near Sátorhely and its topographical sections | 231 |
| 6.10 | The paleomeander near Sátorhely on photographs | 231 |
| Geomorphological map of the northern Mohács Plain | 233 | |
| 6.12 | The hills bordering the terrace from the west presented in photos | 234 |
| 7.1 | Location of the Danube and Mohács in Europe | 239 |
| 7.2 | Drainage of the Mohács Plain today | 240 |
| 7.3 | The present-day main channel of the Danube | 240 |
| 7.4 | Changes of the Danube channel north of Mohács between 1808 and 1880 | 244 |
| 7.5 | Results of map comparisons with the aim of reconstructing the late 17th century course of the Danube | 246 |
| 7.6 | The channel sections linked to Lake Riha and the one-time bend | 247 |
| 7.7 | Drainage map of the Mohács Plain in the first half of the 19th century | 249 |
| 7.8 | The incised narrow bed of the Csele Stream next to the confluence with the Danube | 253 |
| 7.9 | The Dolina, a slight depression east of the fiberboard plant | 254 |
| 7.10 | The plain section of the Lajmér Stream with waterlogged areas | 256 |
| 7.11 | Low-lying, watery, swampy, waterlogged places in the Hungarian part of the Mohács Plain | 261 |
| 7.12 | Swampy, watery, wet soil areas on the flood-free terrace | 262 |
| 8.1 | Map of possible sites of village Földvár on the battlefield of Mohács | 272 |
| 8.2 | The boundaries of the estate of Földvár west of the Danube according to the 1338 inspection of landmarks | 275 |
| 8.3 | Distance data from the medieval Mohács according to Brodarics | 289 |
| 8.4 | The Mohács Plain in 1700 | 292 |
| 8.5 | The three chambers along the Borza Stream | 298 |
| 8.6 | The Borzathw Valley (Borza Lake Valley) in 1476 | 299 |
| 8.7 | Geophysical survey of chamber IâIII | 299 |
| 9.1 | Site plan of mass graves I and II excavated in 1960 | 309 |
| 9.2 | The siege of Arad by the Christian armies, 1658 | 310 |
| 9.3 | Size distribution of projectiles from the Majs area | 323 |
| 9.4 | Size distribution of projectiles from the area of Mohács Island | 324 |
| 9.5 | Archeological finds of the Mohács Plain and Mohács Island, by groups | 332 |
| 9.6 | Map of the archaeological finds and sites of the Mohács Plain and Mohács Island | 332 |
| 9.7 | Mass grave No. I during excavation | 346 |
| 10.1 | Danube sections below the mouth of the Csele Stream | 376 |
| 10.2 | The Danube section downstream the confluence of the Csele Stream | 379 |
| 10.3 | Places related to the name of water with the prefix Fekete or Kara in the vicinity of Mohács | 380 |
| 10.4 | The dry bed of a former river valley called Dolina: passage to the Danube | 381 |
| 11.1 | Törökdomb (Turkish Hill) on maps | 429 |
| 11.2 | Turkish Hill in 1926 | 431 |
| The eastern part of the Turkish Hill with archeological objects | 432 | |
| 11.4 | Find (cross) belonging to the chapel built on top of the Turkish Hill | 434 |
| 11.5 | Swampy landscape on the eastern side of Turkish Hill (April 2018) | 436 |
| 11.6 | North-south section of Turkish Hill and its surroundings | 437 |
| 11.7 | East-west section of Turkish Hill and its surroundings | 437 |
| 11.8 | Stylised 3D reconstruction of Turkish Hill and its surrounding | 438 |
| 12.1 | The Battle of Mohács. Detail of the Tabula Hungariae (1528) | 451 |
| 12.2 | Antal Marastoni and Károly Rusz: âThe mill of the Csele Stream near Mohács (grave of King Louis II)â | 461 |
| 12.3 | István Dorffmaister: Louis II (1787) | 464 |
| 12.4 | József Borsos: The Battle of Mohács in 1526 (1837) | 465 |
| 12.5 | Mihály Bartalits: The plan of Louis IIâs monument (1846) | 471 |
| 12.6 | János Mihalovits: The death of Louis II (1843) | 473 |
| 12.7 | Memorial statue of the Battle of Mohács near Mohács (1874) | 475 |
| 12.8 | Károly Cserna: The battlefield at Mohács (1896) | 477 |
| 12.9 | Károly Zelesny: The monument at Mohács (1897) | 477 |
| 12.10 | György Kiss: The death of Louis II on the monument of the Battle of Mohács (c. 1895) | 479 |
| 12.11 | Barnabás Holló: The death of Louis II (end of the 19th century) | 480 |
| 12.12 | Bertalan Ãrkay: Plan of the votive church in Mohács | 483 |
| 12.13 | Pál KÅ: Statue of Süleyman I (1976) | 485 |
| 12.14 | Pál KÅ: Statue of Louis II (1976) | 486 |
| 13.1 | Soma Orlai Petrich: Discovery of the Body of King Louis II (1851) | 501 |
| 13.2 | József Szűcs in the FilmhÃradó (1976) and a labour movement worker statue | 516 |
| 13.3 | Colonel Lajos Négyesi, János B. Szabó, and József Szűcs at the Mohács National Memorial (2018) | 519 |
| Tables | ||
| 2.1 | Süleyman Iâs journey from Mohács to Buda | 53 |
| 2.2 | The spread of news of the battle in the days after 29 August 1526 | 75 |
| 3.1 | Troop numbers of the armies facing each other at Mohács | 116 |
| 4.1 | Variants of the dirhem in the Islamic World | 133 |
| 4.2 | Types and characteristics of treasury handguns in the first half of the 16th century | 135 |
| 4.3 | Ottoman janissary handgun data | 136 |
| 4.4 | Turkish small arms exhibited at the âNational Exhibition of the Millenniumâ in Budapest, 1896 | 136 |
| 4.5 | Light arquebuses, collected by Balázs Németh | 149 |
| Experimental firing data of the 16thâ17th century handguns | 152 | |
| 5.1 | Chronology of the day of the battle (29 August) | 178 |
| 5.2 | Ottoman loss data in primary and memorial sources | 190 |
| 8.1 | Data on village Földvár | 281 |
| 8.2 | Explanation of some names on the 1700s estate map | 293 |
| 9.1 | Parameters of the cannonballs found at Black Gate | 317 |
| 9.2 | Quantitative and percentage distribution of the size categories of projectiles found at Majs and Mohács Island | 324 |
| 9.3 | Archaeological finds and sites of the Mohács Plain and Mohács Island | 328 |
| 9.4 | Documented hostilities and encampments on the plain and the Mohács Island (1526â1711) | 341 |
| 10.1 | The most reliable (earliest) sources on the kingâs death | 360 |
| 10.2 | Environmental features of the place of death of King Louis II in the 16â18th century memory sources | 392 |
| 13.1 | The truth of József Szűcsâ claims in 1976 and 2021 | 514 |
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