battle, medieval

Battle of Mosul

Name: Battle of Mosul
Location: Mosul, Iraq

Battle of Mosul was a battle fought in 1107 at Mosul, in what is now Iraq. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Mosul. The recorded result: Seljuk Sultanate victory. Recorded strength: 5,000 cavalry against 4,000 cavalry.

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Fought1107

WhereMosul, Iraq36.342N, 43.129E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSeljuk Sultanate victory

BelligerentsSeljuk Sultanate of RumagainstSeljuk Empire; Seljuk Sultanate of Aleppo

Casualties and lossesHeavyandUnknown

Record

Date	1107 (year precision)
Place	Mosul, Iraq 36.342N, 43.129E
Kind	Battle, medieval
Strength	5,000 cavalry	4,000 cavalry
Casualties and losses	Heavy	Unknown
Commanders	Kilij Arslan I	Jawali Saqawa

Placed at Mosul; 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 Mosul 1096, 0.2 km S
Siege of Mosul 1261, 1.0 km S
Battle of Nineveh AD 627, 2.9 km NE
Fall of Nineveh 612 BC, 2.9 km NE
Siege of Mosul 1743, 3.0 km N

Elsewhere in 1107

Siege of Dyrrhachium Albania

Battle of Mosul is one of 438 engagements of the 12th century in the atlas and one of 173 in present-day Iraq.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q30072963, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Khabur River (1107), revision 1380734241, 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.