| Summary: | The events which occurred during the course of the War of Kösedağ at
which the Seljuk Empire of Turkey met the armies under the command of
the Mongolian Baycu Noyan are one of the major happenings to be
examined in terms of their consequences, ever recorded in Turkish History. Prior to the war, the Seljuks of Turkey were traumatized because
of internal rebellions. The Mongol Army gained an easy victory because of
the incorrect decisions made Sultan Gıyaseddin Kaykhusraw II from the
beginning of the war and of the negative roles of those involved in the
war. Anatolia, which was like paradise and whose inhabitants experienced
a kind of idyllic bliss and happiness under the administration of The
Seljuks, was invaded by the Mongolian army, which advanced facing no
resistance and caused mischief on the earth. The sources concerned
indicate that the relationship between the Turks, the Armenians and the
Georgians coincided with the entrance of the Seljuks into Anatolia. The
Armenians, who lived under oppression and tyranny under the
administration of the Byzantine Empire, met and viewed the Seljucks as
their liberators. However, the Christians during the Crusades provoked
and instigated both the Armenians and sometimes the Georgians against
the Turks. The Armenians, who captured the Çukurova Region with the
help of the Crusaders, established a barony here. During the reign of
Alaeddin Keykubâd and İzzeddin Keykavus, the Sultans of the Seljuks of
Turkey, the Seljuks made the Armenians subjected to them, but the
Armenians did not keep their promise during the war of Kösedağ in 1243.
The study focuses on the effects of the course of Armenian and Georgian
forces, which played a role in the War of Kösedağ, upon the course of the
war. The study also deals, in brief, with the role the statesmen of the
Seljuks played in the defeat. Different historical sources written in such
various languages as Arabic, Syrian, Armenian, Persian and Georgian on
the War of Kösedağ provide plenty of useful information for you. The
sources in question describes and explains in detail the number of the
enemy, the way the enemy got prepared for the War, the deployment of
the troops, the ethnic composition of the enemy troops and the course of
the War. Contemporary Turkish historians give important knowledge of
about the Mongolian and Pre-Asian communities. However, based on the
Armenian and Georgian sources, some research needs to be done on the
relationship with the Armenians - Georgians and their role in the War and
in the collapse of the the State of the Seljuks.
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