battle, medieval

Battle of Yassıçemen

Name: Battle of Yassıçemen
Location: Erzincan, Turkey

Battle of Yassıçemen was a battle fought in 1230 at Erzincan, in what is now Turkey. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Erzincan. The recorded result: Seljuk–Ayyubid victory. Recorded strength: 25,000–70,000; 20,000+ Seljuk Sultanate of Rum soldier,; 5,000–15,000+ Kurds against 10,000–40,000.

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Fought1230

WhereErzincan, Turkey39.746N, 39.491E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSeljuk–Ayyubid victory

BelligerentsSeljuk Sultanate of Rûm; Ayyubid Sultanate; Cilician Armenia; CrusadersagainstKhwarezm Shahs; Seljuks of Erzurum; Empire of Trebizond

Record

Date	1230 (year precision) to 1230
Place	Erzincan, Turkey 39.746N, 39.491E
Kind	Battle, medieval
Strength	25,000–70,000; 20,000+ Seljuk Sultanate of Rum soldier,; 5,000–15,000+ Kurds	10,000–40,000
Commanders	Kayqubad I Al-Ashraf Musa ibn Adil	Jalal al-Din Mangburni Jahan Shah bin Tughril

Placed at Erzincan; 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

Battle of Erzincan 1916, same recorded site
Battle of Satala AD 530, 35 km N
Siege of Kamacha AD 766, 42 km W
Battle of Otlukbeli 1473, 52 km NE
Battle of Malatya 1473, 52 km NE

Elsewhere in 1230

Battle of Yassıçemen 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 Q929537, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Yassıçemen, revision 1370595326, 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.