Key facts

Year	1202	Wikidata P585 (point in time); 2 differing years recorded, earliest shown
Era	Medieval (500–1499)	derived from year
Location	Turkey	Natural Earth (modern borders)
Continent	Asia	Natural Earth
War / conflict	Georgian–Seljuk wars	Wikidata P361
Participants	Kingdom of Georgia, Mengujekids, Sultanate of Rum, Zakarid Armenia	Wikidata P710
Coordinates	39.9797, 41.6756	Wikidata P625

About the battle

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).

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