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Sulayman ibn Qutlumush takes Antioch from the Romans

c. 1084 CE · 477 AH approximate

In 477 Sulayman ibn Qutlumush, the Seljuk lord of Qonya and Aqsaray, marched on Syria and took Antioch — in Roman hands since 358 — sending the glad tidings to sultan Malikshah. Al-Dhahabi: Al Saljuq are the kings of the lands of Rum, their line lasting to the days of al-Malik al-Zahir Baybars .

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Sulayman ibn Qutlumush takes Antioch from the Romans

c. 1084 CE · 477 AH

In 477 Sulayman ibn Qutlumush, the Seljuk lord of Qonya and Aqsaray, marched on Syria and took Antioch — in Roman hands since 358 — sending the glad tidings to sultan Malikshah. Al-Dhahabi: Al Saljuq are the kings of the lands of Rum, their line lasting to the days of al-Malik al-Zahir Baybars .

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  1. Sulayman ibn Qutlumush takes Antioch from the Romans — c. 1084 CE · 477 AH

    In 477 Sulayman ibn Qutlumush, the Seljuk lord of Qonya and Aqsaray, marched on Syria and took Antioch — in Roman hands since 358 — sending the glad tidings to sultan Malikshah. Al-Dhahabi: Al Saljuq are the kings of the lands of Rum, their line lasting to the days of al-Malik al-Zahir Baybars .

  2. Siege of Antioch (1084–85) — 1084 CE · 477 AH†

    Draft card for Siege of Antioch (1084–85); its sources are not yet checked on the page.

  3. Battle of Antioch on the Meander — 1211 CE · 608 AH†

    Draft card for the Battle of Antioch on the Meander in 1211, where the Sultan of Rum Kaykhusraw was defeated and killed by Nicaea; its sources are not yet checked on the page.

  4. Baybars takes Jaffa and Antioch, 666 AH — 1268 CE · 666 AH

    In Jumada I 666 al-Zahir Baybars took Jaffa by the sword and its citadel by safe-conduct and razed it, took al-Shaqif after a ten-day siege by safe-conduct, raided the lands of Tripoli, camped beneath the fortress of the Kurds until they submitted, then marched on Antioch and took it in four days .

  5. Siege of Antioch — 1268 CE · 666 AH†

    Draft card for the Siege of Antioch in 1268, Baybars' capture of the Crusader principality's capital; its sources are not yet checked on the page.