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The battle for Anatolia
The Battle of Manzikert was fought in Turkey’s eastern province of Mus, on August 26, 1071 between the Byzantine Empire and the Great Seljuk Empire.
At the time, the Seljuks governed a medieval Turko-Persian Sunni Muslim empire founded by Tughril Beg in 1037.
It controlled a vast territory stretching from the Hindu Kush to eastern Anatolia and from Central Asia to the Arabian Gulf.
The battle started after Seljuk leader Alp Arslan learned that the Byzantine emperor Romanos IV Diogenes, with a large army of 30,000, was planning to attack his rear army in Armenia.
Arslan marched quickly with around 15,000 soldiers and reached Manzikert.
He first proposed terms of peace. But Romanos rejected the offer and the two forces went on to wage the Battle of Manzikert.
The Seljuks won the war.
Anatolia was opened to Muslims and forever lost to Christendom
How Turks came to Anatolia: The Battle of Manzikert
and eventually led to the creation of the Ottoman empire and then
The Battle of Manzikert was fought in Turkey’s eastern province of Mus, on August 26, 1071 between the Byzantine Empire and the Great Seljuk Empire.
At the time, the Seljuks governed a medieval Turko-Persian Sunni Muslim empire founded by Tughril Beg in 1037.
It controlled a vast territory stretching from the Hindu Kush to eastern Anatolia and from Central Asia to the Arabian Gulf.
The battle started after Seljuk leader Alp Arslan learned that the Byzantine emperor Romanos IV Diogenes, with a large army of 30,000, was planning to attack his rear army in Armenia.
Arslan marched quickly with around 15,000 soldiers and reached Manzikert.
He first proposed terms of peace. But Romanos rejected the offer and the two forces went on to wage the Battle of Manzikert.
The Seljuks won the war.
Anatolia was opened to Muslims and forever lost to Christendom
How Turks came to Anatolia: The Battle of Manzikert
and eventually led to the creation of the Ottoman empire and then
