Manuel was wounded in the heel by a Turkish archer, whom he heroically captured

Summary:
[Choniates dates this earlier in the campaign than Kinnamos, whose account, however, is fuller. Presumably this explains why he had a limp when he reached home] Attacking on his own, Manuel unhorsed a Turkish archer, who managed nevertheless to fire an arrow and strike him in the heel. Before he could fire again, Manuel captured him and dragged him by the hair to the camp. He modestly made no reference to this act of heroism, which had no witnesses. Needing flesh to treat his wound, he chose horseflesh rather than the human flesh offered by a loyal soldier 
Dates:
1146 
Turkish archer captured by Manuel I (Anonymus 17017)
  • Unhorsed in Manuel 1’'s single-handed attack, he fired an arrow from the ground that hit the emperor in the heel; when about to fire again Manuel captured him and dragged him by the hair to the camp (:) Kinnamos 61.23-62.8
  • He was felled by Manuel 1 with his spear, but as the man fell he shot an arrow which wounded the emperor in the heel [dated earlier in the campaign by Choniates than by Kinnamos, who gives a fuller account] (:) Niketas Choniates, Historia 53.36-38
Byzantine soldier under Manuel I (Anonymus 17018)
  • Offered (unsuccessfully) to cut a piece of his own flesh to treat the emperor Manuel 1'’s wounded heel (:) Kinnamos 62.23-63.3
Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (Manuel 1)
  • Had his wound treated with dead horseflesh, not the human flesh offered by a soldier (Anonymus 17018); made a long march to the camp at mouth of the Meander; set off to Constantinople, settling prisoners from Philomelion in a fortification at Pylai (:) Kinnamos 62.20-63.6
  • Shot in the heel by a Turkish archer (Anonymus 17017), he captured and dragged him to the camp; met his cousin Andronikos 1 fighting quite well and failed to stop him; later he modestly made no reference to his own heroism (:) Kinnamos 61.23-62.20
  • He felled a Turk (Anonymus 17017) with his spear, but as the man fell he shot an arrow which wounded the emperor in the heel [dated earlier in the campaign by Choniates than by Kinnamos, who gives a fuller account] (:) Niketas Choniates, Historia 53.36-38