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    The ByzantineSeljuk wars were a series of conflicts in the Middle Ages between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Empire. They shifted the balance of...
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    Arab–Byzantine wars or Muslim–Byzantine wars were a series of wars from the 7th to 11th centuries between multiple Arab dynasties and the Byzantine Empire...
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    The Battle of Manzikert or Malazgirt was fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Empire on 26 August 1071 near Manzikert, Iberia (modern Malazgirt...
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    Muslim state, established over conquered Byzantine territories and peoples (Rum) of Anatolia by the Seljuk Turks following their entry into Anatolia...
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  • Iranian Buyid Empire. The subsequent Seljuk expansion into eastern Anatolia triggered the ByzantineSeljuk wars, with the Battle of Manzikert in 1071...
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  • predecessor civilisations of Greece and Turkey: ByzantineSeljuk wars (1046–1243) Byzantine–Ottoman wars (1299–1479) Aegean dispute Greece–Turkey relations...
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    Battle of Myriokephalon (category Battles of the ByzantineSeljuk wars)
    Miryokefalon Savaşı or Düzbel Muharebesi) was a battle between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Turks in the mountains west of Iconium (Konya) in southwestern...
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  • Battle of Sebastia (1070) (category Battles of the ByzantineSeljuk wars)
    The Battle of Sebastia (1070) was part of the ByzantineSeljuk wars. In 1070, the Byzantine emperor, Romanos IV Diogenes, appointed the Proedros, Manuel...
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    Romanos IV Diogenes (category Byzantine people of the ByzantineSeljuk wars)
    In 1071, Romanos undertook another major campaign against the Seljuks. His Byzantine army, beset by years of neglect and poor tactics, was decisively...
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    Alp Arslan (category ByzantineSeljuk wars)
    second sultan of the Seljuk Empire and great-grandson of Seljuk, the eponymous founder of the dynasty. He greatly expanded the Seljuk territory and consolidated...
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  • Expedition to Iconium (1146) (category Battles of the ByzantineSeljuk wars)
    Expedition to Iconium was a military campaign launched by the Byzantine Empire against the Seljuk capital of Iconium in the spring of 1146. The army besieged...
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    sent him to the breakaway Byzantine regime of the Gabrades in Trebizond. Isaac then became the guest of Masoud, the Seljuk Sultan of Rum, and subsequently...
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  • Ibrahim Inal (category ByzantineSeljuk wars)
    Seljuk Empire. All raids against the Byzantine, Armenian and Georgian lands would use Yinal's lands as a headquarters. Notable raids were the Seljuk conquest...
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    the list of Byzantine revolts and civil wars. For conflicts of the Ancient Roman Kingdom, Republic and Empire see the: List of Roman wars and battles...
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  • Abu'l-Qasim (Turkish: Ebu'l-Kasım) was the Seljuk governor of Nicaea, the Seljuk capital, from 1084 to his death in 1092. He was appointed to the post...
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    Siege of Nicaea (category Sieges of the ByzantineSeljuk wars)
    June 1097. The city was under the control of the Seljuk Turks who opted to surrender to the Byzantines in fear of the crusaders breaking into the city...
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    Alexios I Komnenos (category Byzantine people of the ByzantineSeljuk wars)
    Komnenian restoration. His appeals to Western Europe for help against the Seljuk Turks were the catalyst that sparked the First Crusade. Although he was...
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    repelling Seljuk advances and restoring Byzantine control over large parts of Anatolia, the crusade generated new difficulties for the Byzantines. The Crusaders...
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  • Battle of Philomelion (category Battles of the ByzantineSeljuk wars)
    Malik Shah; it occurred in the course of the ByzantineSeljuk wars. The Seljuk forces attacked the Byzantine army a number of times to no effect; having...
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    Normans of Sicily had removed Italy from the control of the Byzantine emperor. The Seljuk Turks had done the same with central Anatolia. And in the Levant...
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  • Siege of Nicaea (1113) (category Sieges of the ByzantineSeljuk wars)
    occurred in the course of the Byzantine-Seljuk wars. After suffering defeat at the hands of the First Crusade, the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum beat back the...
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    Tzachas (category ByzantineSeljuk wars)
    was an 11th-century Seljuk Turkish military commander who ruled an independent state based in Smyrna. Originally in Byzantine service, he rebelled and...
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    Siege of Manzikert (1054) (category Sieges of the ByzantineSeljuk wars)
    successful defense of the city of Manzikert by Byzantine forces under Basil Apokapes against the Seljuk Turks led by Toğrül. Toğrül besieged Manzikert...
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    Siege of Antioch (1084–1085) (category Sieges of the ByzantineSeljuk wars)
    military engagement between the Seljuks of Rum led by Sulieman ibn Qutalmish and the Byzantine garrison of Philaretos. The Seljuk with a small force managed...
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    The Byzantine–Ottoman wars were a series of decisive conflicts between the Byzantine Greeks and Ottoman Turks and their allies that led to the final destruction...
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    The Byzantine-Georgian wars (Georgian: ბიზანტია-საქართველოს ომები, romanized: bizant'ia-sakartvelos omebi) were a series of conflicts fought during the...
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    ambush inflicted on it by the Seljuk Turks. Indeed, it was a stock of Byzantine writing to contrast the order of the Byzantine battle array with the disorder...
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    The Georgian–Seljuk wars (Georgian: საქართველო-სელჩუკთა ომები, romanized: sakartvelo-selchuk'ta omebi), also known as Georgian Crusade, is a long series...
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  • Manuel Maurozomes (category ByzantineSeljuk wars)
    himself proclaimed Byzantine emperor. However, early in the next year, as Kaykhusraw and Theodore Laskaris concluded a treaty, the Seljuk sultan secured for...
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    Kaykhusraw I (category ByzantineSeljuk wars)
    Islam and Christianity: Apostasy and Cross-Cultural Interaction in Byzantine-Seljuk Relations". Speculum. 86 (3 JULY): 597–651. doi:10.1017/S0038713411001138...
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