battle, medieval

Battle of Mersivan

Name: Battle of Mersivan
Location: Merzifon, Turkey

Battle of Mersivan was a battle fought in 1101 at Merzifon, in what is now Turkey. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Merzifon. It was part of the Crusade of 1101. The recorded result: Seljuk victory. Recorded strength: 20,000 against Larger than Seljuks..

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Fought1101

WhereMerzifon, Turkey40.872N, 35.464E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSeljuk victory

BelligerentsSultanate of Rum; DanishmendagainstHoly Roman Empire; Kingdom of France; Byzantine Empire

Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown

Part ofCrusade of 1101

Where it sits in the Crusade of 1101

3 placed engagements of the Crusade of 1101 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1101 (year precision)
Place	Merzifon, Turkey 40.872N, 35.464E
Kind	Battle, medieval
Strength	20,000	Larger than Seljuks.
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Unknown
Commanders	Kilij Arslan I Gazi Gümüshtigin Fakhr al-Mulk Ridwan	Raymond I of Tripoli Stephen, Count of Blois Stephen I, Count of Burgundy Anselm IV (archbishop of Milan) Odo I of Burgundy Joscelin I of Edessa

Placed at Merzifon; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Amaseia 72 BC, 40 km SE
Battle of Zela 47 BC, 73 km SE
Battle of Zela 67 BC, 73 km SE
Battle of Anzen AD 838, 75 km SE
Siege of Amisus 73 BC, 84 km NE

In the same war

Before: Crusader attack on Blachernae 1101
All 3 engagements of Crusade of 1101

Elsewhere in 1101

Battle of Mersivan is one of 438 engagements of the 12th century in the atlas and one of 622 in present-day Turkey.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q9173248, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Mersivan, revision 1371301501, 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.