What the records say
- When
- 1204
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 39.98° N, 41.68° E
- Description
- 1202 battle of the Georgian-Seljuk Wars
Battle of Basiani
1202 battle of the Georgian-Seljuk Wars
The Battle of Basiani was fought between the armies of the Kingdom of Georgia and the Seljukid Sultanate of Rum in the Basiani Valley, 60 km north-east of the city of Erzurum in what is now northeast Turkey. The date of the battle has been debated, but recent scholarship tends to favor the years 1203 or 1204.
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