siege, medieval

Siege of Mayyāfāriqīn

Name: Siege of Mayyāfāriqīn
Location: Silvan, Turkey

Siege of Mayyāfāriqīn was a siege conducted in 1259 at Silvan, in what is now Turkey; it ran into the following year. It was part of the Mongol conquest of Anatolia, which ran from 1241 to 1335. The recorded result: Mongol victory.

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Battle of Meiafarakin (1259).. Shams al-Dîn Kâshânî, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fought1259ran into the following year

WhereSilvan, Turkey39.703N, 38.230E

OutcomeMongol victory

BelligerentsIlkhanate; Zakarids; Proshyans; Lu'lu'idsagainstAyyubid dynasty

Part ofMongol conquest of Anatolia1241 to 1335

Where it sits in the Mongol conquest of Anatolia

5 placed engagements of the Mongol conquest of Anatolia in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1259 (year precision) to 1260
Place	Silvan, Turkey 39.703N, 38.230E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Commanders	Yoshmut Prosh Khaghbakian Shahnshah Zakarian Al-Salih Isma'il ibn Lu'lu'	Al-Kamil Muhammad

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Karacahisar 1232, 16 km NE
Siege of Sebinkarahisar 1473, 67 km N
Siege of Kamacha AD 766, 70 km E
Battle of Nicopolis 48 BC, 74 km NW
Battle of the Lycus 66 BC, 75 km NW

In the same war

Before: Battle of Aksaray 14 October 1256
After: Battle of Sivrihisar 1261
All 5 engagements of Mongol conquest of Anatolia

Elsewhere in 1259

Battle of Pelagonia Greece
Battle of Cassano Italy
Siege of Diaoyucheng People's Republic of China
Battle of Næstved Denmark

Siege of Mayyāfāriqīn is one of 590 engagements of the 13th century in the atlas and one of 622 in present-day Turkey.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q125188437, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Mayyafariqin, revision 1383076098, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.