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  • Türkiye, Sağlık
  • geo:37.874851,32.005577

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  • 1176 / unknown

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Battle of Myriokephalon( AD 1176)

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The Battle of Myriokephalon (also known as the Battle of Myriocephalum, Turkish: Miryokefalon Savaşı or Düzbel Muharebesi) was a battle between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Turks in Phrygia in the vicinity of Lake Beyşehir in southwestern Turkey on 17 September 1176. In fact, it is a series of skirmishes during the attempted passage of the Byzantine army to Iconium through the Bağırsak Boğazı Valley.The battle was a strategic reverse for the Byzantine forces, who were ambushed when moving through a mountain pass. It was to be the final, unsuccessful effort by the Byzantines to recover the interior of Anatolia from the Seljuk Turks.

  1. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Battle_of_Myriokephalon
  2. https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/543496

Some researchers believe that the battle Battle of Myriokephalon took place in the Kufi Gorge (Kufi Boğazı) between the villages of Çağlayan and Yanıkören.

https://www.miryokefaloncivril.com/dosyalar/makale/prof-dr-hasan-kara-makalesi-donusturuldu-pdf1580971472.84706.pdf

See also : https://vici.org/vici/69225/?lang=en

 

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Creators: Entry created by Ludwinski (2020-12-13) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/69216
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Suggested citation: Ludwinski (2023) Battle of Myriokephalon( AD 1176). Vici.org: archaeological atlas of antiquity. https://vici.org/vici/69216, accessed 2026-11-14.