even though his troops continued the resistance in the eastern rhodopes , in may 1345 the turks led by umur beg marched Self_motion from asia minor and devastated Destroying bulgarian territories driving away people and livestock .

soon after , on 7 july 1345 , ottoman forces under umur beg defeated Conquering momchil 's army in the battle of unk near his capital xanthi .

the unk crusades ( unk ) were two crusades Military_operation sent by pope clement vi against the emirate of aydin under umur beg which had as their principal target the coastal city of smyrna in asia minor .

in the middle of the service umur beg swept Scouring down on the congregation and the leaders of the crusade were killed Killing , including the patriarch , martino zaccaria , commander of the papal galleys and the venetian commander , pietro zeno .