![]() As soon as Sultan Alp Arsalan got the news, he returned with an army of 30,000. Romans marched towards the Seljuk border with an army of 40,000. ![]() ![]() Byzantines were looking for this opportunity in the deception of the peace agreement. Sultan Alp Arslan, unaware of the Byzantine threat, attacked Aleppo and Jerusalem, which were under the control of the Egyptian Fatimids. In February 1071, Romance sent a delegation to renew the existing treaty between the Seljuks and the Byzantines. The Byzantine army numbered 40,000 and included Byzantines as well as mercenaries from Frankish, English, Norman, Georgian, Armenian, Bulgarian, and some Turkish tribes. The Seljuk army numbered between 20,000 and 30,000, of Central Asian descent. The battle was fought between the Muslim Seljuk Turks and the Christian Byzantines at Malazgart (Turkey). This war later became the basis of the Crusades, and paved the way for a great Ottoman Empire. ![]() Anatolia laid the foundation of Turkish domination in the region. It was a war that ended the dominance of Christianity in Asia Minor. Malazgirt 1071 is a story of one of the great battles of the Muslim world, which left a deep impression on human history. ![]()
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