Battle of Köse Dağ
Anatolian history
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history of Seljuq dynasty
- In Seljuq
At the Battle of Köse Dagh in 1243, Seljuq autonomy was lost forever. For a time the Seljuq sultanate continued as a Mongol province, although some Turkmen emirs maintained small principalities of their own in distant mountainous districts. The Seljuq dynasty died out at last early in…
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victory of Mongols
- In Anatolia: Seljuq expansion
…the Mongol commander Bayjū at Köse Dağ between Sivas and Erzincan, and the Anatolian Seljuqs passed under Mongol suzerainty as vassals. Kay-Khusraw II fled to Antalya, leaving his minister to come to terms with the Mongols. Cilician Armenia transferred its loyalty to the Mongols, and Turkmen revolts broke out along…
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