Battle of Keban (1218)

The Battle of Keban was a battle between the Seljuk Sultan of Rûm Izz-al-din and Leo I, King of Armenia.[1]

Battle of Keban (1218)
Part of Cilicia Campaign of Kaykaus I (1216-1218) and War of the Antiochene Succession
Date1218
Location
Keban Plain, Marash, Turkey
Result

Seljuk Victory

  • Peace Negotiations
  • The Armenian army was completely disbanded.
Belligerents
Sultanate of Rûm Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Commanders and leaders
Kaykaus I
Mubariz-ad-din Bahramshah		 Leo I
Constantine of Baberon

Battle

Sultan Izz-al-din had previously sent a vanguard force of 3,000 men under the command of Mubariz-ad-din Bahramshah to identify the Armenian army.[2] He himself besieged Keban Castle near Marash. However, the Armenian leaders made a sudden movement under the command of Baron Constantine and they escaped by burning the Seljuk catapults.[3] Thereupon, the Sultan lifted the siege and went to the Keban Plain. Capturing the Armenian troops, the Sultan, together with the support forces of Mubariz-ad-din, engaged in a field battle with Constantine and King Leo. Although it started with Armenian superiority, Sultan Izz-al-din used the Seljuk army in a pincer movement, and towards the evening, the Seljuk army managed to disperse the Armenian army.[4][5][6][7]

After the war, King Leo had to make a treaty and peace in favor of the Seljuks.[8]

References
  1. Ali Öngül, Anatolian Seljuks, pp. 150-151
  2. Ali Öngül, Anatolian Seljuks, p. 150
  3. İbn Bîbî, el-Evâmirü'l-Alâiyye fi'l-umûri'l-Alâiyye, I, pp. 180-192
  4. Ali Öngül, Anatolian Seljuks, p. 151
  5. Cenabi, 297
  6. Muneccimbasi, II, pp. 50-52
  7. Osman Turan, Turkey in the Time of the Seljuks, pp. 312-316
  8. EI, Kaykaus I, VI, pp. 636-638
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