What is Battle of Manzikert?
{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Battle of Manzikert | image = 131 Bataille de Malazgirt.jpg | caption = In this 15th-century French miniature showing the Battle of Manzikert, the combatants are clad in Western European armor of the time. | partof = the [[Byzantine-Seljuk wars]] | date = August 26, 1071 | place = [[Malazgirt|Manzikert]], (modern [[Malazgirt]]) | result = Decisive Seljuk victory | combatant1 = [[File:Flag of the Greek Orthodox Church.svg|35x24px]] [[Byzantine Empire]] | combatant2 = [[Seljuk Empire]] | commander1 = [[Romanus IV]],<br/>[[Nikephoros Bryennios]],<br/>[[Theodore Alyates]],<br/>[[Andronikos Doukas]] | commander2 = [[Alp Arslan]] | strength1 = Up to {{formatnum:200000}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Konstam|first=Angus|title=The Crusades|location=London|publisher=Mercury Books|year=2004|page=40}}</ref> (More than half deserted)<br>~ {{formatnum:20000}} - {{formatnum:30000}} took part. | strength2 = ~ {{formatnum:20000}} - {{formatnum:30000}} | casualties1 = Very high | casualties2 = Unknown }} '''The Battle of Manzikert''', or '''Malazgirt''' ([[Turkish language|Turkish]]: ''Malazgirt Sav'') was fought between the [[Byzantine Empire]] and then [[Seljuq dynasty|Seljuq Empire]]. The Seljuq forces attacked on August 26, 1071 near Manzikert, (modern Malazgirt, [[Turkey]]).<ref>{{cite book| last1 = Hewsen| first1 = Robert H.| last2 = Salvatico| first2 = Christoper C.| title = Armenia: a historical atlas| year = 2001| publisher = The University of Chicago Press| isbn = 978-0-226-33228-4| page = 126 }}</ref> Its result was one of the most decisive [[wikt:defeat|defeats]] of the Byzantine Empire and the capture of the Byzantine Emperor [[Romanus IV|Romanos IV]] Diogenes. The Battle of Manzikert played an important role in breaking the Byzantine resistance and preparing the way for the [[Turkic people|Turkish]] settlement in [[Anatolia]].<ref>{{cite book| author1 = Ann Katherine Swynford Lambton| author2 = Bernard Lewis| title = The Cambridge History o