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This is an incomplete list of battles fought by the Seljuk Empire.

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( Color legend for the location of the battle )

Year Name Location Seljuk commander Opponent Victor
1032 Battle of Dabusiyya Ali-Tegin & Seljuk allies Altun Tash (Ghaznavid general) Indecisive
1035 Battle of Nasa Plains Tabaristan Chaghri Beg Begtoghdi (Ghaznavid chamberlain) Seljuq Turks
1038 Battle of Sarakhs Sarakhs Tughril Abu'l-Fadl Suri (Ghaznavid governor of Khurasan) Seljuq Turks
1040 Battle of Dandanaqan near Merv Chaghri Beg, Tughril Mas'ud I of Ghazni (Ghaznavid Sultan) Seljuq Turks
November 1040 Siege of Zaranj Zaranj Ertash (Seljuq Turks) Abu l-Fadl (Ghaznavid commander) Abu l-Fadl joined Seljuq Turks and Zaranj was occupied.
1043-44 Tokharistan Alp Arslan Mawdud (Ghaznavid Sultan) Seljuq Turks
1045-6 near Zaranj Ertash (Seljuq Turks) Ghaznavids
1046 Battle of Ganja near Ganja Qutalmish Byzantine army Seljuk Turks
1048 Battle of Kapetrou near Erzurum İbrahim Yinal
Qutalmish 		Katakalon Kekaumenos (Byzantine general) Seljuk Turks
1051 Battle of Hupyan Hupyan Alp Arslan Toghrul of Ghazna (Ghaznavid general) Ghaznavids
1063 Battle of Damghan Damghan Alp Arslan Qutalmish Alp Arslan
1064 Siege of Akhalkalaki Akhalkalaki Alp Arslan Bagrat IV of Georgia Alp Arslan
1064 Siege of Ani (1064) Ani Alp Arslan Byzantine Empire Alp Arslan
1071 Battle of Manzikert Malazgirt Alp Arslan Emperor Romanos IV Alp Arslan
1074 Battle of Partskhisi Partskhisi Savtegin George II of Georgia George II
1086 Battle of Aleppo near Aleppo, Syria Suleiman ibn Qutalmish Tutush I Tutush I
1095 Battle of Rey near Rey, Iran Tutush I
Emir of Damascus 		Barkiyaruq
Sultan Seljuk Empire 		Barkiyaruq
1097 Battle of Dorylaeum Dorylaeum Kilij Arslan I, Gazi Gümüshtigin Crusaders:
Bohemond of Taranto
Robert Curthose
Godfrey of Bouillon
Adhemar of Le Puy 		Crusader victory
1107 Battle of Khabur river near Mosul, Iraq Kilij Arslan I Muhammad I Tapar Muhammad I Tapar
1115 Battle of Sarmin Sarmin, Syria Bursuq bin Bursuq
of Hamadan 		Roger of Salerno
Regent of Antioch 		Roger of Salerno
1117 2nd Battle of Ghazni plain of Shahrabad, near Ghazni Ahmad Sanjar
Bahram-Shah 		Arslan Shah (Sultan of Ghaznavid Empire) Ahmad Sanjar (Sultan of the Great Seljuq Empire)
1119 Battle of Saveh Saveh, Iran Mahmud II of Great Seljuq Ahmad Sanjar Ahmad Sanjar
1121 Battle of Didgori Didgori Valley Ilghazi David IV of Georgia David IV
1141 Battle of Qatwan north Samarkand Ahmad Sanjar, Sultan of the Seljuk Empire Yelü Dashi, Emperor of the Qara Khitai Qara Khitai
1152 Battle of Nab Near Herat Ala al-Din Husayn(Ghurid) Ahmad Sanjar, Sultan of the Seljuk Empire Ahmad Sanjar
1176 Battle of Myriokephalon Near Lake Beyşehir Kilij Arslan II
Sultan of Rum 		Manuel I Komnenos
Byzantine Emperor 		Sultanate of Rum
1243 Battle of Kose Dag between Erzincan and Gümüşhane Kaykhusraw II
Sultan of Rum 		Baiju
Mongol general 		Mongols

References

  1. Bosworth 1968, p. 19.
  2. Ibn al-Athir 2002, p. 35.
  3. Safi 2006, p. 24.
  4. Grousset 1991, p. 147.
  5. Bosworth 1977, p. 28.
  6. Bosworth 1977, p. 26.
  7. Bosworth 1977, p. 29.
  8. Sicker 2000, p. 54.
  9. Beihammer 2011, p. 606-607.
  10. Bosworth 1977, p. 43.
  11. Basan 2010, p. 72.
  12. Rayfield 2012, p. 81.
  13. Peacock 2005, p. 214.
  14. Tucker 2011, p. 108.
  15. Theotokis & Meško 2020, p. 233.
  16. Grousset 1991, p. 154.
  17. Bosworth 1968, p. 38.
  18. Runciman 1969, p. 292-294.
  19. Turan 1970, p. 239.
  20. Smail 1995, p. 29.
  21. ^ Bosworth 1977, p. 96.
  22. Bosworth 1968, p. 120.
  23. Coene 2009, p. 113.
  24. Biran 2005, p. 41.
  25. Bosworth 1968, p. 161.
  26. Magdalino 1993, p. 98.
  27. Wolper 1995, p. 40.

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