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Battle of Philomelion
| Battle of Philomelion | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Byzantine Empire | Sultanate of Rum | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Alexios I Komnenos | Sultan Malik Shah | ||||||
The Battle of Philomelion (Latinised as Philomelium - modern Akşehir) of 1116[2] consisted of a series of clashes over a number of days between a Byzantine expeditionary army under Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and the forces of the Sultanate of Rûm under Sultan Malik Shah; it occurred in the course of the Byzantine–Seljuk wars. The Seljuk forces attacked the Byzantine army a number of times to no effect; having suffered losses to his army in the course of these attacks, Malik Shah sued for peace.
- ^ Norwich, John Julius (1997). A Short History of Byzantium. New York: Vintage Books. p. 264.
- ^ Venning, Timothy; Frankopan, Peter (2015). A Chronology of the Crusades. Routledge. p. 77. ISBN 9781317496427.
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