Manzikert - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Manzikert - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Mallett, Alex

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1062682
Doc. NO	:	ALei3079
Main Entry	:	Mallett, Alex
Title & Author	:	Manzikert - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Mallett, Alex
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(750 words)
Abstract	:	Manzikert (Turkish Malazgirt) is a town in eastern Anatolia, around forty kilometres north of Lake Van. There is almost no record of its history in the pre-Islamic period. Evidence from the Byzantine emperor and writer Constantine IV Porphyrogenitus (r. 913–59) suggests that, in the fourth/tenth century, the town was ruled by Arabs who paid tribute to Byzantium. In 353/964, Manzikert was conquered by the Ḥamdānid dynasty of Aleppo, but retaken by the Byzantines in 359/969–70. In 446/1054–5, the town was unsuccessfully besieged
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei3079.pdf