In 1479 he was forced by Ali Kodsha to take part on the Ottoman campaign against Transylvania, where he faced his arch-rival uncle Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân who had been living in Transylvania since 1477, having been ousted from the throne of Wallachia, by cel Tânăr.
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