Suleiman, Sultan of Rûm, had left Nicaea …
Years: 1085 - 1085
Suleiman, Sultan of Rûm, had left Nicaea in 1084 to expand his holdings to the east and to the south, leaving his kinsman Abu'l Qasim in charge.
In 1085, he captures Antioch and proceeds to massacre its inhabitants.
Moreover, the treasures of the church of St. Cassianus are stolen and the church is converted into a mosque.
Locations
People
Groups
- Persian people
- Armenian people
- Oghuz Turks
- Islam
- Muslims, Sunni
- Abbasid Caliphate (Baghdad)
- 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
- Rum, Sultanate of
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Komnenos dynasty, restored
