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List of battles involving the Seljuk Empire
This is an incomplete list of battles fought by the Seljuk Empire.
| Azerbaijan | Turkmenistan | Turkey | Afghanistan | Iran | Iraq | Uzbekistan | Syria | Georgia |
( Color legend for the location of the battle )
| Year | Name | Location | Seljuk commander | Opponent | Victor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1032 | Battle of Dabusiyya | Ali-Tegin & Seljuk allies | Altun Tash(Ghaznavid general) | Indecisive[1] | |
| 1035 | Battle of Nasa Plains | Tabaristan | Chaghri Beg | Begtoghdi(Ghaznavid chamberlain) | Seljuq Turks[2] |
| 1038 | Battle of Sarakhs | Sarakhs | Tughril | Abu'l-Fadl Suri(Ghaznavid governor of Khurasan) | Seljuq Turks[3] |
| 1040 | Battle of Dandanaqan | near Merv | Chaghri Beg, Tughril | Mas'ud I of Ghazni(Ghaznavid Sultan) | Seljuq Turks[4] |
| November 1040 | Siege of Zaranj | Zaranj | Ertash(Seljuq Turks) | Abu l-Fadl(Ghaznavid commander) | Abu l-Fadl joined Seljuq Turks and Zaranj was occupied.[5] |
| 1043-44 | Tokharistan | Alp Arslan | Mawdud(Ghaznavid Sultan) | Seljuq Turks[6] | |
| 1045-6 | near Zaranj | Ertash(Seljuq Turks) | Ghaznavids[7] | ||
| 1046 | Battle of Ganja | near Ganja | Qutalmish | Byzantine army | Seljuk Turks[8] |
| 1048 | Battle of Kapetrou | near Erzurum | İbrahim Yinal Qutalmish | Katakalon Kekaumenos(Byzantine general) | Seljuk Turks[9] |
| 1051 | Battle of Hupyan | Hupyan | Alp Arslan | Toghrul of Ghazna(Ghaznavid general) | Ghaznavids[10] |
| 1063 | Battle of Damghan | Damghan | Alp Arslan | Qutalmish | Alp Arslan[11] |
| 1068 | Siege of Akhalkalaki | Akhalkalaki | Alp Arslan | Alp Arslan[12] | |
| 1071 | Battle of Manzikert | Malazgirt | Alp Arslan | Emperor Romanos IV | Alp Arslan[13] |
| 1086 | Battle of Aleppo | near Aleppo, Syria | Suleiman ibn Qutalmish | Tutush I | Tutush I[14] |
| 1095 | Battle of Rey | near Rey, Iran | Tutush I Emir of Damascus | Barkiyaruq Sultan Seljuk Empire | Barkiyaruq[15] |
| 1097 | Battle of Dorylaeum | Dorylaeum | Kilij Arslan I, Gazi Gümüshtigin | Crusaders: Bohemond of Taranto Robert Curthose Godfrey of Bouillon Adhemar of Le Puy | Crusader victory[16] |
| 1107 | Battle of Khabur river | near Mosul, Iraq | Kilij Arslan I | Muhammad I Tapar | Muhammad I Tapar[17] |
| 1115 | Battle of Sarmin | Sarmin, Syria | Bursuq bin Bursuq of Hamadan | Roger of Salerno Regent of Antioch | Roger of Salerno[18] |
| 1117 | 2nd Battle of Ghazni | plain of Shahrabad, near Ghazni[19] | Ahmad Sanjar Bahram-Shah | Arslan Shah (Sultan of Ghaznavid Empire) | Ahmad Sanjar(Sultan of the Great Seljuq Empire)[19] |
| 1119 | Battle of Saveh | Saveh, Iran | Mahmud II of Great Seljuq | Ahmad Sanjar | Ahmad Sanjar[20] |
| 1176 | Battle of Myriokephalon | Near Lake Beyşehir | Kilij Arslan II Sultan of Rum | Manuel I Komnenos Byzantine Emperor | Sultanate of Rum[21] |
| 1243 | Battle of Kose Dag | between Erzincan and Gümüşhane | Kaykhusraw II Sultan of Rum | Baiju Mongol general | Mongols[22] |
References Edit
- ^ Bosworth 1968, p. 19.
- ^ Ibn al-Athir 2002, p. 35.
- ^ Safi 2006, p. 24.
- ^ Grousset 1991, p. 147.
- ^ Bosworth 1977, p. 28.
- ^ Bosworth 1977, p. 26.
- ^ Bosworth 1977, p. 29.
- ^ Sicker 2000, p. 54.
- ^ Beihammer 2011, p. 606-607.
- ^ Bosworth 1977, p. 43.
- ^ Basan 2010, p. 72.
- ^ Rayfield 2012, p. 81.
- ^ Tucker 2011, p. 108.
- ^ Grousset 1991, p. 154.
- ^ Bosworth 1968, p. 38.
- ^ Runciman 1969, p. 292-294.
- ^ Turan 1970, p. 239.
- ^ Smail 1995, p. 29.
- ^ a b Bosworth 1977, p. 96.
- ^ Bosworth 1968, p. 120.
- ^ Magdalino 1993, p. 98.
- ^ Wolper 1995, p. 40.
Sources Edit
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- Basan, Osman Aziz (2010). The Great Seljuqs: A History. Routledge.
- Beihammer, Alexander D. (2011). "Defection across the Border of Islam and Christianity: Apostasy and Cross-Cultural Interaction in Byzantine-Seljuk Relations". Speculum. 86, No. 3 July.
- Bosworth, C.E. (1968). "The Political and Dynastic History of the Iranian World (A.D. 1000-1217)". In Boyle, J.A. (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran: The Saljuq and Mongol Period. Vol. 5. Cambridge University Press.
- Bosworth, C.E. (1977). The Later Ghaznavids:Splendour and Decay. Columbia University Press.
- Grousset, Rene (1991). The Empire of the Steppes: a History of Central Asia. Translated by Walford, Naomi. Rutgers University Press.
- Magdalino, Paul (1993). The Empire of Manuel I Komnenos, 1143-1180. Cambridge University Press.
- Rayfield, Donald (2012). Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia. Reaktion books.
- Runciman, Steven (1969). "The First Crusade: Antioch to Ascalon". In Setton, Kenneth M.; Baldwin, Marshall W. (eds.). A History of the Crusade. pp. 280–307.
- Safi, Omid (2006). The Politics of Knowledge in Premodern Islam: Negotiating Ideology and Religious Inquiry. University of North Carolina Press.
- Sicker, Martin (2000). The Islamic World in Ascendancy: From the Arab Conquests to the Siege of Vienna. Greenwood Publishers.
- Smail, R. C. (1995). Crusading Warfare, 1097-1193. Cambridge University Press.
- Tucker, Spencer (2011). Battles that Changed History: An Encyclopedia of World Conflict. ABC-CLIO.
- Turan, Osman (1970). "Anatolia in the Period of the Seljuks and the Beyliks". In Holt, Peter Malcolm; Lambton, Ann K. S.; Lewis, Bernard (eds.). The Cambridge History of Islam. Cambridge University Press.
- Wolper, Ethel Sara (1995). Necipoğlu, Gülru (ed.). "The Politics of Patronage:Political Change and the Construction of Dervish Lodges in Sivas". Muqarnas: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture. Brill. XII.