Battle of Mersivan

Battle of Mersivan
Part of Crusades
DateAugust 1101
Location
Mersivan, now called Merzifon
Result Seljuk victory
Belligerents
Sultanate of Rum
Danishmend
Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of France
Byzantine Empire
Commanders and leaders
Kilij Arslan I Raymond I of Tripoli
Stephen of Blois
Stephen I, Count of Burgundy
Strength
20,000 Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Battle of Mersivan was fought between the European Crusaders and the Seljuk Turks led by Kilij Arslan I in Northern Anatolia during the Crusade of 1101. The Turks decisively defeated the Crusaders, who lost an estimated four-fifths of their army near the mountains of Paphlagonia at Mersivan (Mersifon).