Certainty: 2 The Danishmend amir died, succeeded by his son Muhammad Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Ioannes II attacked Muhammad ibn Danishmend with the aid of Mas'ud of Ikonion Certainty: 2
1139
Certainty: 2 Operations, building & preparations in Western Anatolia
Though feeling exhausted, Ioannes II marched for the tenth time against the Turks, with a warning to Muhammad the Danishmendid. He went to defend the weak areas along the Sangarios against Tukish attacks. News of his arrival was enough to stop them. He drove off many animals as booty and returned to Lopadion, where many people from the capital felt secure in visiting him, including women and Theodoros Prodromos. When the womenfolk left, he built Ochyrai. Now for the first time he acquired a reputation as an implacable slave-driver, allowing his troops little or no time at home after returning from Syria before preparing for an expedition to Pontos. His enforcement was strict, resentment was extreme, and he made little attempt to soothe it
Certainty: 3 Ioannes II made an expedition to Pontos, & wintered there Certainty: 3
1140
Certainty: 2 Ioannes II attacked Neokaisareia in appalling conditions Certainty: 2