Battle of Manzikert

Battle of Manzikert
	Part of the Byzantine-Seljuk wars
	; This 15th-century French miniature shows the Battle of Manzikert, whose combatants are clad in the time's Western European armor.
Date	August 26, 1071
Location	Manzikert (now Malazgirt, Turkey)
Result	Seljuk victory
Belligerents
Byzantine Empire	Seljuk Empire
Commanders and leaders
Romanus IV {WIA}; 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
Casualties and losses
Very high	Unknown

The Battle of Manzikert, or Malazgirt (Turkish: Malazgirt Sav), was fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Turks. On August 26, 1071, the Seljuk Turkish forces riding on their way to meet the Byzantine army launched an attack near Manzikert (now Malazgirt, Turkey).

The result was one of the most decisive Byzantine defeats and the capture of Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes. The battle played an important role in breaking the Byzantine power and preparing the way for the Oghuz Turkic settlement of Anatolia.

References

↑ Konstam, Angus (2004). The Crusades. London: Mercury Books. p. 40.
↑ Hewsen, Robert H.; Salvatico, Christoper C. (2001). Armenia: a historical atlas. The University of Chicago Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-226-33228-4.
↑ Ann Katherine Swynford Lambton; Bernard Lewis (1977). The Cambridge History of Islam: A. The central islamic lands from pre-islamic times to the First World War. Cambridge University Press. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-521-29135-4.

Sources

Haldon, John F. (2000). Byzantium: A History. Tempus Publishing Limited.

Other websites

Battle of Manzikert: Military Disaster or Political Failure? Archived 2007-05-13 at the Wayback Machine By Paul Markham
Debacle at Manzikert, 1071: Prelude to the Crusades Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, by Brian T. Carey (Issue 5 - January 2004)

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[1] Konstam, Angus (2004). The Crusades. London: Mercury Books. p. 40.

[2] Hewsen, Robert H.; Salvatico, Christoper C. (2001). Armenia: a historical atlas. The University of Chicago Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-226-33228-4.

[3] Ann Katherine Swynford Lambton; Bernard Lewis (1977). The Cambridge History of Islam: A. The central islamic lands from pre-islamic times to the First World War. Cambridge University Press. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-521-29135-4.