What the records say
- When
- Aug 1101
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 40.87° N, 35.46° E
- Description
- 1101 battle of the Crusades
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Mersivan
Battle between the Crusaders and the Turks
The Battle of Mersivan was fought between the European Crusaders and the Seljuk Turks led by Kilij Arslan I in Northern Anatolia during the Crusade of 1101. The Turks decisively defeated the Crusaders, who lost an estimated four-fifths of their army near the mountains of Paphlagonia at Mersivan (Mersifon).
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