| Battle of Keban (1218) | |||||||
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| Part of Cilicia Campaign of Kaykaus I (1216-1218) and War of the Antiochene Succession | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Sultanate of Rûm |
 Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Kaykaus I Mubariz-ad-din Bahramshah |
Leo I Constantine of Baberon | ||||||
The Battle of Keban was a battle between the Seljuk Sultan of Rûm Izz-al-din and Leo I, King of Armenia.[1]
Battle[]
Sultan Izz-al-din had previously sent a vanguard force of 3,000 men under the command of Mubariz-ad-din Bahramshah to identify the Armenian army.[2] He himself besieged Keban Castle near Marash. However, the Armenian leaders made a sudden movement under the command of Baron Constantine and they escaped by burning the Seljuk catapults.[3] Thereupon, the Sultan lifted the siege and went to the Keban Plain. Capturing the Armenian troops, the Sultan, together with the support forces of Mubariz-ad-din, engaged in a field battle with Constantine and King Leo. Although it started with Armenian superiority, Sultan Izz-al-din used the Seljuk army in a pincer movement, and towards the evening, the Seljuk army managed to disperse the Armenian army.[4][5][6][7]
After the war, King Leo had to make a treaty and peace in favor of the Seljuks.[8]
References[]
- ↑ Ali Öngül, Anatolian Seljuks, pp. 150-151
- ↑ Ali Öngül, Anatolian Seljuks, p. 150
- ↑ İbn Bîbî, el-Evâmirü'l-Alâiyye fi'l-umûri'l-Alâiyye, I, pp. 180-192
- ↑ Ali Öngül, Anatolian Seljuks, p. 151
- ↑ Cenabi, 297
- ↑ Muneccimbasi, II, pp. 50-52
- ↑ Osman Turan, Turkey in the Time of the Seljuks, pp. 312-316
- ↑ EI, Kaykaus I, VI, pp. 636-638
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