Battle of Philomelion
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The <entity_0> (Latinised as Philomelium - modern <entity_4>) of <entity_6> consisted of series of clashes over a number of days between a <entity_2> expeditionary army under Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and the forces of the <entity_1> under Sultan Malik Shah; it occurred in the course of the <entity_2>-Seljuq wars. Following the success of the First Crusade, the <entity_2> armed forces, led by John Doukas the megas doux, reconquered the Aegean coastline and much of the interior of western <entity_3>. Following their defeats, the Seljuqs under Malik Shah had recovered control of central <entity_3>, re-consolidating a viable state around the city of <entity_5>. Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, aged and suffering from an illness which proved to be terminal, was unable to prevent Turkish raids into the recovered areas of <entity_2> <entity_3>, though an attempt to take Nicaea in 1113 was thwarted by the Byzantines. In <entity_6> Alexios was able to personally take the field and was engaged in defensive operations in northwest <entity_3>.
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