Seljuk forces of Mosul

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The Seljuk forces of Mosul were a regional army of the Seljuk Empire based in Mosul, notable for their role in resisting the Crusader states in the early 12th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf army ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
activeDuring Crusades ⓘ
First Crusade era ⓘ
reign of Sultan Muhammad I Tapar ⓘ
allegiance Great Seljuk Empire ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk Empire
associatedWith Mosul as a Seljuk frontier city ⓘ
basedIn Mosul ⓘ
commandStructure under atabeg of Mosul ⓘ
conflict Muslim–Crusader conflicts ⓘ
linked to: Crusades

wars against Crusader states ⓘ
country Seljuk Empire ⓘ
era High Middle Ages ⓘ
ethnicComposition Kurdish auxiliaries ⓘ
Turkic military elites ⓘ
local Arab auxiliaries ⓘ
governedBy Seljuk military-administrative system ⓘ
languageOfCommand Arabic ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
Turkic ⓘ
locatedIn Iraq (historical region) ⓘ
linked to: Iraq

Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
militaryBranch cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
mounted archers ⓘ
notableFor campaigns in northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
participation in Muslim resistance to Crusaders ⓘ
regional defense of Mosul ⓘ
operatedIn Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Northern Iraq ⓘ
linked to: northern Iraq
opposed County of Edessa ⓘ
Crusader states ⓘ
Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
Principality of Antioch ⓘ
partOf Seljuk Empire ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam (state affiliation) ⓘ
linked to: Sunni Islam
role resisted Crusader expansion ⓘ
strategicImportance control of routes between Anatolia and Iraq ⓘ
defense of northern frontier of Seljuk Empire ⓘ
timePeriod early 12th century ⓘ
typeOfOrganization feudal-timariot army ⓘ
usedBy Seljuk sultans ⓘ
atabegs of Mosul ⓘ
linked to: Jikirmish of Mosul

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Battle of Harran (1104) → belligerent → Seljuk forces of Mosul ⓘ
Siege of Antioch → belligerent → Relief army of Kerbogha of Mosul ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk forces of Mosul