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Georgian–Seljuk wars: At the Battle of Basian the Kingdom of Georgia defeats the Sultanate of Rum.
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Georgian–Seljuk wars
Conflicts between the Kingdom of Georgia and the Seljuq Empire from c. 1048 to 1213
The Georgian–Seljuk wars, also known as Georgian Crusade, is a long series of battles and military clashes that took place from 1064 until 1213, between the Kingdom of Georgia and the different Seljukid states that occupied most of South Caucasus. The conflict is preceded by…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Basiani
1202 battle of the Georgian-Seljuk Wars
The Battle of Basiani was fought between the armies of the Kingdom of Georgia and the Seljukid Sultanate of Rum in the Basiani Valley, 60 km north-east of the city of Erzurum in what is now northeast Turkey. The date of the battle has been debated, but recent scholarship tends…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Kingdom of Georgia
State in the Caucasus from 1008 to 1490
The Kingdom of Georgia, also known as the Georgian Empire, was a medieval Eurasian monarchy that was founded in c. 1008 AD. It reached its Golden Age of political and economic strength during the reign of King David IV and Queen Tamar the Great from the 11th to 13th centuries.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Sultanate of Rum
Turkish state in central Anatolia from 1077 to 1308
The Sultanate of Rum was a culturally Turco-Persian Sunni Muslim state, established over conquered Byzantine territories and peoples (Rum) of Anatolia by the Seljuk Turks following their entry into Anatolia after the Battle of Manzikert in 1071. The name Rum was a synonym for…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)