Romanus leads his fifty thousand troops into…

1071 CE

Romanus leads his fifty thousand troops into parts of Turkish-held Armenia in the spring of 1071, entering Armenia along the southern branch of the Upper Euphrates River.

Near the town of Manzikert (present Malazgirt, Turkey), north of Lake Van, Romanus divides his army, which is mainly composed of mercenaries-a sign of the times-that include a contingent of Turkmen, sending some ahead to secure the fortress of Akhlât on nearby Lake Van and taking others with him into the Armenian village of Manzikert.

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Ahlât Bitlis Turkey View →

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Al-Mustansir Billah View → Alp Arslan View → Malik-Shah I View → Qutalmish View → Romanos IV Diogenes View → Tughril View →

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Persian people View → Armenian people View → Oghuz Turks View → Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines) View → Islam View → Armeniac Theme View → Muslims, Sunni View → Abbasid Caliphate (Baghdad) View → Mazyadid (Al-Mazeedi) state of Iraq View → Ghaznavids View → Turkmen people View → Fatimid Caliphate View → 'Uqaylid Dynasty of Mosul View → Georgia, (Bagratid) Kingdom of View → Mirdasid dynasty View → Armenia, Principalities of View → Seljuq Empire (Isfahan) View → Christians, Eastern Orthodox View → Roman Empire, Eastern: Doukid dynasty View →

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Byzantine-Seljuq Turk Wars of 1064-81 View →

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