Byzantine–Seljuk wars
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The Byzantine–Seljuk wars were a series of conflicts in the Middle Ages between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Empire. They shifted the balance of power in Asia Minor, Armenia and Syria, sparking
Miniature depicting Alp Arslan by Rashid al-Din in the Jami' al-tawarikh, 1654 Ottoman copy, Topkapi Palace.
A 15th-century anachronistic French depiction of the Battle of Manzikert (Paris, BnF ms. fr. 226, fol. 256r - Batul).
A 15th century depiction of the siege of Antioch, with soldiers anachronistically shown wearing plate as opposed to mail armour.
Mosaic of John II Comnenus in the Hagia Sophia
The Battle of Hyelion and Leimocheir saw the almost complete destruction by the Byzantines of a large Seljuq Turk army. The Seljuq army had been raiding Byzantine territory in the Maeander Valley in A
Byzantine cavalry from the Skylitzes manuscript.
