Battle of Basiani
| Battle of Basiani | |||||||
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| Part of the Georgian–Seljuk wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Kingdom of Georgia | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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David Soslan Zakaria II Mkhargrdzeli Shalva Akhaltsikheli Ivane Akhaltsikheli Ivane Mkhargrdzeli |
Suleiman II Tughril Shah Fahrettin Behramşah | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 65,000–90,000 | 150,000–400,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Heavy | Heavy | ||||||
The Battle of Basiani (Georgian: ბასიანის ბრძოლა) was fought between the armies of the Kingdom of Georgia and the Seljukid Sultanate of Rum in the Basiani Valley, 60 km north-east of the city of Erzurum in what is now northeast Turkey. The date of the battle has been debated, but recent scholarship tends to favor the years 1203 or 1204. According to modern Turkish historians, the site of the battle is usually identified as the castle of Micingerd (Mazankert).