Battle of Manzikert

When

1 Sep 1071

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

39.10° N, 42.59° E

Description

1071 battle between the Byzantine Empire and Seljuk Turks

1071 Seljuk victory over the Byzantines

The Battle of Manzikert or Malazgirt was fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Empire on 26 August 1071 near Manzikert, Iberia. The decisive defeat of the Byzantine army and the capture of the emperor Romanos IV Diogenes played an important role in undermining Byzantine authority in Anatolia and Armenia, and allowed for the gradual Turkification of Anatolia.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Manzikert: The Byzantine army (35,000 men) under Emperor Romanos IV meets the Seljuk Turk forces of Sultan Alp Arslan near the town of Manzikert”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Alp Arslan komutasındaki Türk ordusu Malazgirt Meydan Muharebesi'nde, Romen Diyojen komutasındaki Bizans ordusunu yendi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht bei Manzikert im westlichen Armenien besiegen die Seldschuken das Heer des Byzantinischen Reichs”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les Byzantins sont vaincus à la bataille de Manzikert par les Seldjoukides”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Битва при Манцикерте”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Manzikert, en la que los turcos selyúcidas derrotaron absolutamente a las tropas bizantinas del basileus Romano IV Diogenes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “حدثت معركة ملاذ كرد الشهيرة بين البيزنطنيين والاتراك المسلمين (الدولة السلجوقيَّة)، انتصر فيها المسلمون انتصارا ساحقا، وأسر الإمبراطور رومانوس الرابع ديوجينيس”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “نبرد ملازگرد یکی از تأثیرگذارترین نبردهای تاریخ جهان، میان امپراتوری سلجوقی به فرماندهی آلپ ارسلان، و امپراتوری بیزانس به فرماندهی رومانوس دیوژن روی داد”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “8月，拜占庭皇帝羅曼努斯四世發動第四次遠征，希望趁塞爾柱帝國反應之前收復亞美尼亞，塞爾柱帝國蘇丹阿爾普·阿爾斯蘭倉促回師，與拜占庭帝國在曼齊刻爾特隔穆拉特河對陣”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “東ローマ帝国、マンツィケルトの戦いでセルジューク朝に大敗、小アジアにトルコ人が侵入。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page