Büyük Selçuklu Ordusunun Malazgirt’e (1071) Giden Güzergahı
The Route of Grate Seljuk Army to Manzikert (1071)

Summary/Abstract: In the battle of Manzikert, which took place on 26 August 1071 under the leadership of Sultan Alparslan, the Great Seljuqs had achieved an unprecedented victory in the history of Islam by defeating the Byzantine army. While Sultan Alparslan was besieging Aleppo in May 1071, he learned about the news of the Byzantine Emperor Romanian Diogenes had taken action with his army of three hundred thousand people and sent his harem with his vizier Nizam al-Mulk to Tabriz (or Hemedan) and ordered his vizier to recruit soldiers immediately. The Sultan herself reached the Manzikert plain with as many soldiers as he could collect. Nizamü’l-Mulk, reached Manzikert with the troops he collected from Iran. In the study, it was discussed on which route Sultan Alparslan and the support troops from Iran reached the battlefield after giving information about road networks in Eastern Anatolia and Iran. In the introduction, after giving information about the road networks used by the Byzantines and Seljuks, the importance given to the maintenance, repair and renovation of these roads was mentioned. Afterwards, details about the use of river roads in transportation and logistics besides the highway were given. In the last section, the possible routes of Sultan Alparslan and support troops determined in the light of historical data. These routes were mapped to provide a better understanding of the roads.

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