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List of battles involving the Seljuk Empire

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This is an incomplete list of battles fought by the Seljuk Empire.

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( 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 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]
1064 Siege of Akhalkalaki Akhalkalaki Alp Arslan Bagrat IV of Georgia Alp Arslan[12]
1064 Siege of Ani (1064) Ani Alp Arslan Byzantine Empire Alp Arslan[13]
1071 Battle of Manzikert Malazgirt Alp Arslan Emperor Romanos IV Alp Arslan[14]
1074 Battle of Partskhisi Partskhisi Savtegin George II of Georgia George II[15]
1086 Battle of Aleppo near Aleppo, Syria Suleiman ibn Qutalmish Tutush I Tutush I[16]
1095 Battle of Rey near Rey, Iran Tutush I
Emir of Damascus 		Barkiyaruq
Sultan Seljuk Empire 		Barkiyaruq[17]
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[18]
1107 Battle of Khabur river near Mosul, Iraq Kilij Arslan I Muhammad I Tapar Muhammad I Tapar[19]
1115 Battle of Sarmin Sarmin, Syria Bursuq bin Bursuq
of Hamadan 		Roger of Salerno
Regent of Antioch 		Roger of Salerno[20]
1117 2nd Battle of Ghazni plain of Shahrabad, near Ghazni[21] Ahmad Sanjar
Bahram-Shah 		Arslan Shah (Sultan of Ghaznavid Empire) Ahmad Sanjar (Sultan of the Great Seljuq Empire)[21]
1119 Battle of Saveh Saveh, Iran Mahmud II of Great Seljuq Ahmad Sanjar Ahmad Sanjar[22]
1121 Battle of Didgori Didgori Valley Ilghazi David IV of Georgia David IV[23]
1141 Battle of Qatwan north Samarkand Ahmad Sanjar, Sultan of the Seljuk Empire Yelü Dashi, Emperor of the Qara Khitai Qara Khitai[24]
1152 Battle of Nab Near Herat Ala al-Din Husayn(Ghurid) Ahmad Sanjar, Sultan of the Seljuk Empire Ahmad Sanjar [25]
1176 Battle of Myriokephalon Near Lake Beyşehir Kilij Arslan II
Sultan of Rum 		Manuel I Komnenos
Byzantine Emperor 		Sultanate of Rum[26]
1243 Battle of Kose Dag between Erzincan and Gümüşhane Kaykhusraw II
Sultan of Rum 		Baiju
Mongol general 		Mongols[27]

References

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  1. ^ Bosworth 1968, p. 19.
  2. ^ Ibn al-Athir 2002, p. 35.
  3. ^ Safi 2006, p. 24.
  4. ^ Grousset 1991, p. 147.
  5. ^ Bosworth 1977, p. 28.
  6. ^ Bosworth 1977, p. 26.
  7. ^ Bosworth 1977, p. 29.
  8. ^ Sicker 2000, p. 54.
  9. ^ Beihammer 2011, p. 606-607.
  10. ^ Bosworth 1977, p. 43.
  11. ^ Basan 2010, p. 72.
  12. ^ Rayfield 2012, p. 81.
  13. ^ Peacock 2005, p. 214.
  14. ^ Tucker 2011, p. 108.
  15. ^ Theotokis & Meško 2020, p. 233.
  16. ^ Grousset 1991, p. 154.
  17. ^ Bosworth 1968, p. 38.
  18. ^ Runciman 1969, p. 292-294.
  19. ^ Turan 1970, p. 239.
  20. ^ Smail 1995, p. 29.
  21. ^ a b Bosworth 1977, p. 96.
  22. ^ Bosworth 1968, p. 120.
  23. ^ Coene 2009, p. 113.
  24. ^ Biran 2005, p. 41.
  25. ^ Bosworth 1968, p. 161.
  26. ^ Magdalino 1993, p. 98.
  27. ^ Wolper 1995, p. 40.

Sources

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  • Biran, Michal (2005). The Empire of the Qara Khitai in Eurasian History: Between China and the Islamic World. Cambridge University Press.
  • 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. pp. 1–202.
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  • Magdalino, Paul (1993). The Empire of Manuel I Komnenos, 1143-1180. Cambridge University Press.
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  • 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. XII. Brill.
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