Battle of Myriokephalon

When

17 Sep 1176

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

37.91° N, 31.95° E

Description

1176 battle

1176 battle between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Turks

The Battle of Myriokephalon was a battle between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Turks in the mountains west of Iconium (Konya) in west-central Anatolia on 17 September 1176. The battle was a strategic reverse for the Byzantine forces, who were ambushed when moving through a mountain pass.

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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 Myriokephalon: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine forces led by Manuel I”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Miryokefalon Muharebesi gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Kaiser Manuel I. Komnenos unternimmt einen Feldzug gegen das Sultanat der Rum-Seldschuken”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Myriokephalon”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Турки-сельджуки разбивают византийскую армию под Мариокефалоном во Фригии (Малая Азия)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Miriocéfalo entre el Imperio bizantino y los turcos selyúcidas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “拜占庭軍在密列奥塞法隆战役敗給塞爾柱突厥羅姆蘇丹國，使得1071年曼齊克特戰役後拜占庭帝國百年來恢復的軍事力量遭遇重創。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ミュリオケファロンの戦いがおこなわれる。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page