Byzantine–Seljuk wars

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medieval war series of conflicts

The Byzantine–Seljuk wars were a series of medieval conflicts between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Turks that led to major Byzantine territorial losses in Anatolia and helped set the stage for the Crusades.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Byzantine–Seljuk wars canonical	6
Byzantine–Seljuk conflicts	1
Byzantine–Seljuk wars after Manzikert	1
Byzantine–Turkish wars	1
Wars with Seljuk Sultanate of Rum	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	medieval war ⓘ series of conflicts ⓘ
causeOf	Byzantine appeal for Western military aid ⓘ Council of Piacenza appeal by Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
conflictBetween	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Seljuk Empire ⓘ Seljuk Empire ⓘ surface form: Seljuk Turks
contributedTo	Crusades ⓘ First Crusade ⓘ
endTime	13th century ⓘ
followedBy	Byzantine–Ottoman wars ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ
languageOfSources	Arabic ⓘ Greek ⓘ Persian ⓘ
locatedIn	Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ Middle East ⓘ surface form: Near East
mainTheater	Anatolia ⓘ Asia Minor ⓘ
militaryStrategy	Byzantine reliance on thematic and mercenary troops ⓘ use of steppe cavalry tactics by Seljuks ⓘ
notableCommander	Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ Alp Arslan ⓘ John II Komnenos ⓘ Kilij Arslan I ⓘ Kilij Arslan II ⓘ Manuel I Komnenos ⓘ Romanos IV Diogenes ⓘ Suleiman ibn Qutulmish ⓘ
opponent	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Seljuk Empire ⓘ Seljuk Sultanate of Rum ⓘ surface form: Sultanate of Rum
partOf	Byzantine–Ottoman wars ⓘ surface form: Byzantine–Turkish wars
precededBy	Arab–Byzantine wars ⓘ
relatedTo	Komnenian restoration ⓘ Sultanate of Rum–Byzantine relations ⓘ
result	Byzantine territorial losses in Anatolia ⓘ Turkification of much of Anatolia ⓘ decline of Byzantine control in Asia Minor ⓘ rise of the Sultanate of Rum ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Antioch on the Meander ⓘ Battle of Dandanaqan ⓘ Battle of Hyelion and Leimocheir ⓘ Battle of Kapetron ⓘ Battle of Manzikert ⓘ Battle of Myriokephalon ⓘ Battle of Philomelion ⓘ Battle of Sebastea ⓘ
startTime	11th century ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Byzantine–Ottoman wars → precededBy → Byzantine–Seljuk wars ⓘ

Komnenos dynasty → significantEvent → Byzantine–Seljuk wars ⓘ

Kaykhusraw I → conflict → Byzantine–Seljuk wars ⓘ

Kilij Arslan II → conflict → Byzantine–Seljuk wars ⓘ

Battle of Manzikert → partOf → Byzantine–Seljuk wars ⓘ

Battle of Myriokephalon → partOf → Byzantine–Seljuk wars ⓘ

Empire of Nicaea → militaryConflict → Byzantine–Seljuk wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wars with Seljuk Sultanate of Rum

Catalan Company → conflict → Byzantine–Seljuk wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine–Turkish wars

Komnenian restoration → significantEvent → Byzantine–Seljuk wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine–Seljuk conflicts

Komnenian restoration → precededBy → Byzantine–Seljuk wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine–Seljuk wars after Manzikert