On June 15th, 1389, Miloš made his way into the Ottoman camp on the pretext of being a deserter, forced his way into the Sultan's tent and stabbed him to death. Miloš Obilic was later executed together with all other Serbian prisoners by Murad's son, Beyazid I. Another source ( Turkish ) says that the sultan Murad I was killed after a battle, when the Serbian soldier who pretended to be dead killed sultan when he got close to him.
This event and the Kosovo battle itself is deeply embedded in the Serbian national consciousness, history, and poetry. This deed was proclaimed as Miloš Obilic's inmost desire to pay tribute to his people and to sacrifice himself in order to strike a blow against tyranny.
The battle started with Serbian noble and Lazar's son-in-laws General Vuk Brankovic on one wing, Lazar in the center, and Captain MiloshObilich (a.k.a.
During the battle Captain MiloshObilich (thought to be of Albanian descent) went into the tent of Sultan Murad I, posing as a traitor and offering his knights and his loyalty.
Murad I died and MiloshObilich was killed trying to escape the camp.
The sultan was killed by the Serb knight or voyvode MiloshObilich (otherwise Kobilovich).
Not quite two years later Milosh began the second insurrection of the Serbs against the Turks (on Palm Sunday 1815, near the little wooden church of Takovo).
The conspirators failed to overthrow the government, and the army proclaimed Milan, the son of Prince Michael's first cousin Milosh Obrenovich (son of Yephrem, brother to Milosh the founder of the dynasty), as prince of Servia.
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