List of battles involving the Seljuk Empire

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

Azerbaijan

Turkmenistan

Turkey

Afghanistan

Iran

Iraq

Uzbekistan

Syria

Georgia

( 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[1]
1035	Battle of Nasa	Tabaristan	Chaghri Beg	Begtoghdi (Ghaznavid chamberlain)	Seljuq Turks[2]
1038	Battle of Sarakhs	Sarakhs	Tughril	Abu'l-Fadl Suri (Ghaznavid governor of Khurasan)	Seljuq Turks[3]
1040	Battle of Dandanaqan	near Merv	Chaghri Beg, Tughril	Mas'ud I of Ghazni (Ghaznavid Sultan)	Seljuq Turks[4]
November 1040	Siege of Zaranj	Zaranj	Ertash (Seljuq Turks)	Abu l-Fadl (Ghaznavid commander)	Abu l-Fadl joined Seljuq Turks and Zaranj was occupied.[5]
1043-44		Tokharistan	Alp Arslan	Mawdud (Ghaznavid Sultan)	Seljuq Turks[6]
1045-6		near Zaranj	Ertash (Seljuq Turks)		Ghaznavids[7]
1046	Battle of Ganja	near Ganja	Qutalmish	Byzantine army	Seljuk Turks[8]
1048	Battle of Kapetrou	near Erzurum	İbrahim Yinal Qutalmish	Katakalon Kekaumenos (Byzantine general)	Seljuk Turks[9]
1051	Battle of Hupyan	Hupyan	Alp Arslan	Toghrul of Ghazna (Ghaznavid general)	Ghaznavids[10]
1063	Battle of Damghan	Damghan	Alp Arslan	Qutalmish	Alp Arslan[11]
1064	Siege of Akhalkalaki	Akhalkalaki	Alp Arslan	Bagrat IV of Georgia	Alp Arslan[12]
1064	Siege of Ani (1064)	Ani	Alp Arslan	Byzantine Empire	Alp Arslan[13]
1071	Battle of Manzikert	Malazgirt	Alp Arslan	Emperor Romanos IV	Alp Arslan[14]
1074	Battle of Partskhisi	Partskhisi	Savtegin	George II of Georgia	George II[15]
1086	Battle of Aleppo	near Aleppo, Syria	Suleiman ibn Qutalmish	Tutush I	Tutush I[16]
1095	Battle of Rey	near Rey, Iran	Tutush I Emir of Damascus	Barkiyaruq Sultan Seljuk Empire	Barkiyaruq[17]
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[18]
1107	Battle of Khabur river	near Mosul, Iraq	Kilij Arslan I	Muhammad I Tapar	Muhammad I Tapar[19]
1115	Battle of Sarmin	Sarmin, Syria	Bursuq bin Bursuq of Hamadan	Roger of Salerno Regent of Antioch	Roger of Salerno[20]
1117	2nd Battle of Ghazni	plain of Shahrabad, near Ghazni[21]	Ahmad Sanjar Bahram-Shah	Arslan Shah (Sultan of Ghaznavid Empire)	Ahmad Sanjar (Sultan of the Great Seljuq Empire)[21]
1119	Battle of Saveh	Saveh, Iran	Mahmud II of Great Seljuq	Ahmad Sanjar	Ahmad Sanjar[22]
1121	Battle of Didgori	Didgori Valley	Ilghazi	David IV of Georgia	David IV[23]
1141	Battle of Qatwan	north Samarkand	Ahmad Sanjar, Sultan of the Seljuk Empire	Yelü Dashi, Emperor of the Qara Khitai	Qara Khitai[24]
1152	Battle of Nab	Near Herat	Ala al-Din Husayn(Ghurid)	Ahmad Sanjar, Sultan of the Seljuk Empire	Ahmad Sanjar [25]
1176	Battle of Myriokephalon	Near Lake Beyşehir	Kilij Arslan II Sultan of Rum	Manuel I Komnenos Byzantine Emperor	Sultanate of Rum[26]
1243	Battle of Kose Dag	between Erzincan and Gümüşhane	Kaykhusraw II Sultan of Rum	Baiju Mongol general	Mongols[27]