Battle of Manzikert (1071)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:battle
gptkbp:casualties Heavy for Byzantines
Light for Seljuks
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Seljuk_Empire
gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Alp_Arslan
gptkb:Romanos_IV_Diogenes
gptkbp:consequence Byzantine military decline
Capture of Romanos IV Diogenes
Turkish settlement of Anatolia
gptkbp:date 26 August 1071
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Byzantine_civil_wars
gptkbp:historicalSource gptkb:Michael_Attaleiates
gptkb:Matthew_of_Edessa
gptkb:Anna_Komnene
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Manzikert (1071)
gptkbp:location near Manzikert, present-day Malazgirt, Turkey
gptkbp:notableEvent Betrayal of Andronikos Doukas
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Byzantine–Seljuk_wars
gptkbp:precededBy Byzantine–Seljuk skirmishes
gptkbp:result Decisive Seljuk victory
gptkbp:significance Prelude to the Crusades
Turning point in Byzantine history
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ottoman_Wars
gptkb:Ottoman_Army
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6