What the records say
- When
- 1177
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 38.22° N, 29.83° E
- Description
- 1177 battle between the Byzantines and Seljuks of Rum
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Hyelion and Leimocheir
Battle between the Byzantines and Seljuks of Rum
The Battle of Hyelion and Leimocheir saw the almost complete destruction by the Byzantines of a large Seljuq Turk army. The Seljuq army had been raiding Byzantine territory in the Maeander Valley in Anatolia, and had sacked a number of cities. The Byzantine force ambushed the Turks at a river crossing.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “拜占庭軍在門德雷斯河谷戰役獲勝。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page