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Köse Dag, Battle of

Years: 1243 - 1243

The Battle of Köse Dag is fought between the Seljuk Turks of Rum and the Mongols on June 26, 1243 at the defile of Köse Dag, a location between Erzincan and Gümüshane in northeast Turkey, and ends in a decisive Mongol victory.

“History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.”

—Lord Acton, Lectures on Modern History (1906)