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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
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#1 In 1096, the Turkish sultan Kilij Arslan learned that an enormous Franj army was en route to Constantinople. He feared the worst, and immediately began planning how to defend his city.
#2 The Byzantines had always recruited Western knights to help them fight the Muslims, and in 1096, they were joined by thousands of Franj, who were Christian refugees from the East. They had come to exterminate the Muslims, but they also sacked many Greek churches on their way.
#3 The sultan’s palace was awash with agitation. The Turkish cavalry was ready to mount their chargers at a moment’s notice, but there was a constant flow of spies and scouts reporting the smallest movements of the Franj. The Franj went through several villages and plundered the harvests, then returned to camp and began to squabble over the spoils.
#4 The Franj were ambushed and nearly six thousand of them were killed. The sultan, Kilij Arslan, was proud of his achievement, but he kept a cool head. He sent two Greek spies to the Civitot camp to report that Reynald’s men were in an excellent position and that they had taken Nicaea.

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Publié par	Everest Media LLC
Date de parution	05 avril 2022
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781669377931
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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#1

In 1096, the Turkish sultan Kilij Arslan learned that an enormous Franj army was en route to Constantinople. He feared the worst, and immediately began planning how to defend his city.

#2

The Byzantines had always recruited Western knights to help them fight the Muslims, and in 1096, they were joined by thousands of Franj, who were Christian refugees from the East. They had come to exterminate the Muslims, but they also sacked many Greek churches on their way.

#3

The sultan’s palace was awash with agitation. The Turkish cavalry was ready to mount their chargers at a moment’s notice, but there was a constant flow of spies and scouts reporting the smallest movements of the Franj. The Franj went through several villages and plundered the harvests, then returned to camp and began to squabble over the spoils.

#4

The Franj were ambushed and nearly six thousand of them were killed. The sultan, Kilij Arslan, was proud of his achievement, but he kept a cool head. He sent two Greek spies to the Civitot camp to report that Reynald’s men were in an excellent position and that they had taken Nicaea.

#5

The Battle of Manzikert was a huge victory for the Byzantines, but it was also a costly one. It allowed the sultan to ignore the information that came through the following winter about the arrival of fresh groups of Franj in Constantinople. As far as he was concerned, there was no reason for disquiet.

#6

The Seljuk Turks, with their thousands of nomadic horsemen, had conquered the entire region by 1055. The caliph of Baghdad was only a puppet in their hands. The Seljuks, who were crushed by the Turks in 1071, would never rise again.

#7

The sultan was worried about the Franj taking over his capital, so he went to see Danishmend, who was a man of honor, and proposed a truce.

#8

The city was besieged by the forces of Kilij Arslan, and the sultan had to decide whether to stay and defend it, or retreat to the interior of the country. He decided to retreat, and the city was handed over to Alexius Comnenus.

#9

The sultan of the Turks, Kilij Arslan, had a wife named Chaka. She was the daughter of a man named Chaka, a Turkish emir and adventurer of genius. He had aspirations of becoming the emperor of Byzantium, and he built a fleet of ships to do so. But he was defeated by the RÙm, and the Turkish emirs were given away as slaves.

#10

Kilij Arslan was sure that the Franj would respond to his call and come to his aid. He began recruiting troops and enrolling volunteers, and proclaimed jihÁd. The sultan stalked his prey. The Franj seemed less numerous than had been reported, but they still had a numerical advantage.

#11

The Battle of Dorylaeum was the first major battle between the Frankish forces and the Turkish Empire. The Turks were defeated, and their army was cut to pieces. Kilij Arslan, the sultan, fled the scene.

#12

The invasion of Anatolia was so difficult that it took the Franj 100 days to cross the country. The news of the defeat spread throughout the Middle East, and there was fear that the Franj would come to destroy the cities.

#13

The city of Antioch was ruled by Yaghi-SiyÁn, a Turkish emir. He was afraid that the Franj would find collaborators within the city walls, so he expelled the Christians. He protected their families, refusing to allow anyone to touch a hair on their heads.

#14

The emir of Antioch, Yaghi-SiyÁn, was aware of the danger posed by the Franj, and he took steps to protect his city. He expelled the Christians living in his city, and took charge of the rationing of grain, oil, and honey.

#15

The emperor’s mercenaries wanted to recover Antioch, but Yaghi-SiyÁn was aware that he would be left to languish and forced to beg for help. He never imagined that his coreligionists would hand him over bound hand and foot to the mercenaries of the basileus.

#16

The Ýwar of the two brothers’ was a conflict between two bizarre personalities who seemed to have stepped out of the imagination of a popular story-teller: RiÃwÁn, the king of Aleppo, and his younger brother DuqÁq, king of Damascus. Their mutual hatred was so obstinate that nothing could induce them to consider reconciliation.

#17

The Battle of Antioch was a disaster for the Franj, and they were forced to retreat back to France. The defection of DuqÁq, the king of Damascus, aroused the greatest bitterness in Antioch, but the defenders did not give in.

#18

The defenders of Antioch continued to receive little help from the other Arab armies. In 1098, they were forced to turn to the king of Aleppo, RiÃwÁn, who sent his army to save Antioch.

#19

The Battle of Antioch was a disaster for the Aleppans. The city was besieged, and the defenders were massacred. The governor of Mosul, the powerful emir KarbÙqa, was sent to negotiate with the Franj.

#20

The city of Mosul was a vital strategic location at the start of the Frankish invasion. Its rulers had acquired the right to inspect Syrian affairs, which the ambitious KarbÙqa intended to exercise. He considered Yaghi-SiyÁn’s call for help a perfect opportunity to extend his own influence.

#21

The Franj were greatly weakened and their supplies were limited, but they still prepared for a counterattack. The defenders, on the other hand, took heart. They were waiting for the Muslim troops led by KarbÙqa, whom they considered a hero.

#22

The atabeg KarbÙqa was troubled by the news that a troop of Franj had taken Edessa, a large Armenian city north of the route leading from Mosul to Antioch. He decided to take a different route.

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