Which famous military leader, sometimes called "The Lame" beseiged Smyrna in 1402
Siege of Smyrna The Siege of Smyrna (December 1402) was fought between the Knights of Rhodes, who held the harbour and sea-castle of Smyrna (now İzmir) in western Anatolia, and the army of the Turco-Mongol emir Timur. The Turco-Mongols blockaded the harbour and attacked the fortifications with stone-throwing siege engines, while the defenders, numbering only about 200 knights, countered with arrows and incendiary projectiles. After two weeks of strong resistance against a far superior adversary, the outer wall was destroyed by mining and breached. Some of the garrison managed to escape by sea, but the inhabitants and the city itself were destroyed.
Silahdar Yusuf Pasha Silahdar Yusuf Pasha (Turkish: "Silahdar Yusuf Paşa" , Arabic: يوسف باشا‎ ‎ ; 1604–1646), was an Ottoman "vezir" and admiral (Kapudan Pasha, grand admiral of the Ottoman fleet), known for conquering Chania in western Crete in only 54 days in 1645 during the Cretan War (1645–69). He built a large "han", or Turkish inn, at Vrana in 1644, which still stands today.