Battle of Manzikert facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Battle of Manzikert |
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| Part of the Byzantine-Seljuk wars | |||||||
 In this 15th-century French miniature showing the Battle of Manzikert, the combatants are clad in Western NO MYS UNSHSBSBS of the time. |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Byzantine Empire |
Seljuk Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Romanus IV, Nikephoros Bryennios, Theodore Alyates, Andronikos Doukas |
Alp Arslan | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Up to 200,000 (More than half deserted) ~ 20,000 - 30,000 took part. |
~ 20,000 - 30,000 | ||||||
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| Very high | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Manzikert, or Malazgirt (Turkish: Malazgirt Sav was fought between the Byzantine Empire and then Seljuq Empire. The Seljuq forces attacked on August 26, 1071 near Manzikert, (modern Malazgirt, Turkey). Its result was one of the most decisive defeats of the Byzantine Empire and the capture of the Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes. The Battle of Manzikert played an important role in breaking the Byzantine resistance and preparing the way for the Turkish settlement in Anatolia.
Images for kids
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Alp Arslan led the Seljuk Turks to victory against the Byzantine annexation of Manzikert in 1071
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Having made peace with the Byzantines, the Seljuks intended to attack Egypt, until Alp Arslan learned in Aleppo of the Byzantine advance. He returned north and met the Byzantines north of Lake Van.
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Byzantine territory (purple), Byzantine attacks (red) and Seljuk attacks (green)
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Alp Arslan humiliating Emperor Romanos IV. From a 15th-century illustrated French translation of Boccaccio's De Casibus Virorum Illustrium.
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The Turks did not move into Anatolia until after Alp Arslan's death in 1072.
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Settlements and regions affected during the first wave of Turkish invasions in Asia Minor (until 1204).
See also
In Spanish: Batalla de Manzikert para niños
