[310] Although Engel says 1353, others 1356, and the Rumanian chronicle 1371, there can be no question that 1365 is the correct date; for both Byzantine and Ottoman historians speak of Alexander as Bulgarian Czar in 1364, and do not mention him later, while Sisman and his brothers come immediately into prominence.
[311] Schiltberger, Neumann ed., p. 93.
[312] Orbini, pp. 472-3.
[313] Bonfinius, II. 10.
[314] Fessler, Geschichte von Ungarn, ii. 152.
[315] Wadding, Annales minorum, ann. 1369, XI.
[316] Epp. secr., VI. 131, 136.
[317] Called Ishebol by the Ottoman historians.
[318] By the second division of the Ottoman army under Timurtash. Murad himself had captured Sozopolis. Cf. Jireček, p. 326.
[319] Seadeddin, i. 104. He does not give the name of the Serbian kral.