Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.
Battle of Iconium (1190)
| Battle of Iconium | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Third Crusade | |||||||
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Barbarossana3krizovce_Ebulo.jpg) Barbarossa and Crusaders on the Third Crusade Liber ad honorem Augusti, 1195 | |||||||
| |||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
|
Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Hungary | Sultanate of Rûm | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
|
Géza Prince of Hungary | Qutb al-Din | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2,000[5] | Larger than the Crusaders[1][a] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 800 |
Field army: 3,000 killed[6] Garrison: all killed or captured 20 nobles taken hostage | ||||||
The Battle of Iconium (sometimes referred as the Battle of Konya) took place on May 18, 1190, during the Third Crusade, in the expedition of Frederick Barbarossa to the Holy Land. As a result, Iconium, the capital city of the Sultanate of Rûm under Kilij Arslan II, fell to the Imperial forces.
- ^ a b c Tyerman 2006, p. 426.
- ^ Phillips 2002, p. 140.
- ^ Loud 2010, p. 19.
- ^ Bachrach & Bachrach 2017, p. 197.
- ^ Konstam 2004, p. 124.
- ^ Loud 2010, p. 111.
Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).
Previous Page Next Page
