Edessa falls in 1087 to Malik Shah …
Years: 1087 - 1087
Edessa falls in 1087 to Malik Shah and Philaretos escapes back to the fortress of Germanikeia; however, some sources indicate that he died in 1086.
He is the last well-known Domestic of the Schools of the East.
His sons will hand Germanikeia to the First Crusade in 1098.
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- Persian people
- Armenian people
- Oghuz Turks
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Islam
- Muslims, Sunni
- Muslims, Shi'a
- Abbasid Caliphate (Baghdad)
- Normans
- Mazyadid (Al-Mazeedi) state of Iraq
- Ghaznavids
- Turkmen people
- Fatimid Caliphate
- 'Uqaylid Dynasty of Mosul
- Georgia, (Bagratid) Kingdom of
- Seljuq Empire (Isfahan)
- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Komnenos dynasty, restored
