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Battle of Dorylaeum

Battle of Dorylaeum was a battle fought on 1 July 1097 at Dorylaeum, in what is now Turkey. It was part of First Crusade, which ran from 1096 to 1099. The recorded result: Crusader victory. Recorded strength: 20,000 against 6–7,000.

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Battle of Dorylaeum (1097)
Battle of Dorylaeum (1097). UnknownUnknown , Guillaume de Tyr, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1 July 1097
WhereDorylaeum, Turkey39.777N, 30.521E
OutcomeCrusader victory
BelligerentsCrusadersagainstSultanate of Rûm; Danishmendids
Casualties and losses4,000and3,000
Part ofFirst Crusade1096 to 1099

Where it sits in First Crusade

Siege of Xerigordon, 1096Siege of Nicaea, 1097Battle of Dorylaeum, 1097Siege of Tarsus, 1097Siege of Antioch, 1097Battle of al-Barâ, 1098Battle of the Lake of Antioch, 1098Battle of the Bridge Gate, 1098Battle of Antioch, 1098Siege of Ma'arra, 1098Siege of Jerusalem, 1099Battle of Ascalon, 109910961099Battle of Dorylaeum, 1097
12 placed engagements of First Crusade in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1 July 1097
PlaceDorylaeum, Turkey
39.777N, 30.521E
KindBattle, medieval
Strength20,0006–7,000
Casualties and losses4,0003,000
Commanders
Battle of DorylaeumBattle of DorylaeumBattle of DorylaeumSiege of KaracahisarSiege of CotyaeumBattle of CotyaeumSiege of XerigordonSiege of KaracahisarSiege of CotyaeumBattle of CotyaeumSiege of XerigordonBursaAdapazarıİzmitAfyonUşakBoluPolatlıBilecik100 km39.777N, 30.521E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Dorylaeum
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 25 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Dorylaeum today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2024-06-17. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024.

The recorded site stands at about 790 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 781 to 1,002 m, 222 m of relief, hilly country and today it is 74% built-up, 13% tree cover, 7% grassland.

built-up: 74%tree cover: 13%grassland: 7%cropland: 5%built-up 74%tree cover 13%grassland 7%cropland 5%
west to east, 10.0 km784 to 811 mnorth to south, 10.0 km786 to 916 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1097

Battle of Dorylaeum is one of 334 engagements of the 11th century in the atlas and one of 687 in present-day Turkey.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q12428, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Dorylaeum (1097), revision 1384921676, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.