Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Kilij Arslan I

Battles of Kilij Arslan I

Seljuk sultan (1079–1107)

Kilij Arslan I is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1086 and 1107: 6 battles and 2 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in Turkey (6), Syria (1), Iraq (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,526 km apart end to end, 361 km between engagements on average. Most belong to First Crusade (3), Crusade of 1101 (2), People's Crusade (1).

Battles of HeracleaBattle of MersivanBattle of MosulBattle of Ain SalmSiege of XerigordonBattle of CivetotSiege of NicaeaBattle of DorylaeumBattle of Ain SalmSiege of XerigordonSiege of NicaeaBattle of DorylaeumNicosiaBursaMosulAdanaKonyaSamsun500 km38.536N, 36.143E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1086: 1 engagements1096: 2 engagements2 in 10961097: 2 engagements2 in 10971101: 2 engagements2 in 11011107: 1 engagements10861107
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Ain Salm, 1086Siege of Xerigordon, 1096Battle of Civetot, 1096Siege of Nicaea, 1097Battle of Dorylaeum, 1097Battles of Heraclea, 1101Battle of Mersivan, 1101Battle of Mosul, 110710861107
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1086Battle of Ain SalmAleppo, SyriaSeljuk/Damascene victory
September 1096Siege of XerigordonXerigordos, Turkey793 km NWSeljuk victory
21 October 1096Battle of Civetotİznik, Turkey55 km WSeljuk victory; People's Crusade fails; Remaining survivors...
19 June 1097Siege of Nicaeaİznik, Turkey48 km ECrusader-Byzantine victory
1 July 1097Battle of DorylaeumDorylaeum, Turkey100 km SECrusader victory
1101Battles of HeracleaKonya, Turkey276 km SEOverall Turkish victory
1101Battle of MersivanMerzifon, Turkey421 km NESeljuk victory
1107Battle of MosulMosul, Iraq834 km SESeljuk Sultanate victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, DenK14, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.