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Bohemond I Captured by the Danishmends
In 1105 Bohemond I of Antioch was defeated and captured near Melitene by the Danishmend Turkic leader Malik Ghazi, crippling Latin offensive power in…
Timeline
- 1105Eastern Anatolia · AnatoliaBohemond I led a Latin coalition eastward from Antioch, intending to strike at the Danishmends and other Turkic powers and expand the principality's influence, encountering the forces of Malik Ghazi in eastern Anatolia.
- 1105Melitene (Malatya) · AnatoliaThe Latin coalition was heavily defeated near Melitene by Danishmend forces, and Bohemond I himself was captured. The Principality of Antioch lost its supreme ruler, the military momentum of the eastern crusader states was checked, and regency and ransom negotiations became urgent.
Sources
- A History of the Crusades, Volume I: The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem — Steven Runciman (1951)
- The Alexiad — Anna Komnene