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

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( Color legend for the location of the battle )

Year  | Name  | Location  | Seljuk commander  | Opponent  | Victor

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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]
1064  | Siege of Akhalkalaki  | Akhalkalaki | Alp Arslan | Bagrat IV of Georgia | Alp Arslan[12]
1071  | Battle of Manzikert | Malazgirt | Alp Arslan | Emperor Romanos IV  | Alp Arslan[13]
1074  | Battle of Partskhisi | Partskhisi  | Savtegin | George II of Georgia | George II
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]
1121  | Battle of Didgori | Didgori Valley  | Ilghazi | David IV of Georgia | David IV
1152  | Battle of Nab  | Near Herat | Ala al-Din Husayn(Ghurid)  | Ahmad Sanjar, Sultan of the Seljuk Empire  | Ahmad Sanjar [21]
1176  | Battle of Myriokephalon | Near Lake Beyşehir | Kilij Arslan II
Sultan of Rum  | Manuel I Komnenos
Byzantine Emperor  | Sultanate of Rum[22]
1141  | Battle of Qatwan | north Samarkand | Ahmad Sanjar, Sultan of the Seljuk Empire  | Yelü Dashi, Emperor of the Qara Khitai  | Qara Khitai[23]
1243  | Battle of Kose Dag | between Erzincan and Gümüşhane | Kaykhusraw II
Sultan of Rum  | Baiju
Mongol general  | Mongols[24]

## 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. ^ Tucker 2011, p. 108.
14. ^ Grousset 1991, p. 154.
15. ^ Bosworth 1968, p. 38.
16. ^ Runciman 1969, p. 292-294.
17. ^ Turan 1970, p. 239.
18. ^ Smail 1995, p. 29.
19. ^ a b Bosworth 1977, p. 96.
20. ^ Bosworth 1968, p. 120.
21. ^ Bosworth 1968, p. 161.
22. ^ Magdalino 1993, p. 98.
23. ^ Biran 2005, p. 41.
24. ^ Wolper 1995, p. 40.

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