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Group: Ethiopia, People's Democratic Republic of
People: Li Zhongyan
Topic: Antioch on the Meander, Battle of
Location: Shangdu > Xanadu China

Antioch on the Meander, Battle of

Years: 1211 - 1211

The Battle of Antioch on the Meander (also known as the Battle of Alaşehir) is a military engagement near Antioch-on-the-Meander between the forces of the Empire of Nicaea and the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm.

The Turkish defeat ensures continued Nicaean hegemony of the Aegean coast of Asia Minor.

The Seljuk sultan, Kaykhusraw I, is killed on the field of battle.

The battle takes place near the modern town of Yamalak in Kuyucak district in Aydın Province.

“One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.”

― Golda Meir, My Life (1975)