Siege of Trebizond (1205–1206)
| Siege of Trebizond | |||||||
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| Part of the Byzantine–Seljuk Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Empire of Trebizond |
Sultanate of Rûm | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Alexios I of Trebizond | Kaykhusraw I | ||||||
The siege of Trebizond from 1205 to 1206 was an attempt by the
Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm to take the city along the coast of the Black Sea. William Miller explains this action as punishment for "the disobedience of Alexios to his [ Kaykhusraw I ] commands."[1]
Michel Kuršanskis explains that this unsuccessful siege was in response to the Trapezuntine ally, Queen
Ali ibn al-Athir, merchants from throughout the Middle East suffered a severe injury because of his siege of Trebizond. When they met at the great fair in Sivas, they delivered their complaints to the sultan in loud shouts.[2]
Kuršanskis argues the failure of this siege led to the later successful capture of Sinope in 1214, which provided the Seljuk Turks with an outlet to the Black Sea.[3]
References
- ^ Miller, Trebizond: The last Greek Empire of the Byzantine Era: 1204-1461, 1926 (Chicago: Argonaut, 1969), p. 16
- ^ Kuršanskis, "L'empire de Trébizonde et les Turcs au 13e siècle", Revue des études byzantines, 46 (1988), pp. 110f
- ^ Kuršanskis, "L'empire de Trébizonde", pp. 111f
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