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The army of the People's Crusade landed in Asia Minor on August 6, 1096, and camped at Helenopolis (Civetot/Civetote) to the north-west of Nicaea, at that time capital of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm. The young Sultan, Kilij Arslan I, was in the middle of a military campaign to the east, fighting the Danishmend emirate. Kilij Arslan ordered his general, Elchanes, to deal with the crusader's raiding parties with 15,000 troops, mostly mounted archers.

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  • Siege of Xerigordon
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  • The army of the People's Crusade landed in Asia Minor on August 6, 1096, and camped at Helenopolis (Civetot/Civetote) to the north-west of Nicaea, at that time capital of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm. The young Sultan, Kilij Arslan I, was in the middle of a military campaign to the east, fighting the Danishmend emirate. Kilij Arslan ordered his general, Elchanes, to deal with the crusader's raiding parties with 15,000 troops, mostly mounted archers.
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Strength
  • 6000(xsd:integer)
  • 15000(xsd:integer)
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Partof
  • the People's Crusade
Date
  • September 1096
Commander
Caption
  • The defeat of the People's Crusade
Casualties
  • 6000(xsd:integer)
  • Relatively low
Result
  • Decisive Seljuk Muslim victory
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Place
  • Xerigordon, near Nicaea
Conflict
  • Siege of Xerigordon
abstract
  • The army of the People's Crusade landed in Asia Minor on August 6, 1096, and camped at Helenopolis (Civetot/Civetote) to the north-west of Nicaea, at that time capital of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm. The young Sultan, Kilij Arslan I, was in the middle of a military campaign to the east, fighting the Danishmend emirate. While waiting for the main crusader army, the disorganized "People’s Crusade" army began to attack the villages surrounding Nicaea. The Norman raiding party returned unhindered many times with their booty, at some point even defeating the garrison of Nicaea when it tried to stop them. Reinald led 6,000 Germans (Lombards and Alemanni), including 200 knights, on similar raids. Reinald was unsatisfied with the pillaging results near Nicaea and went farther to Xerigordon, a fortress four days march to the east, to set up a pillaging base. On September 18, 1096, Reinald easily defeated the Xerigordon garrison. Kilij Arslan ordered his general, Elchanes, to deal with the crusader's raiding parties with 15,000 troops, mostly mounted archers.
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