Certainty: 2 Tatikios withdrew, hearing that Borsuq was near with a big army; he beat off Abul-Kasim at Prainetos Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 The sultan sent Bozan to attack Abul-Kasim, with a letter proposing a marriage alliance with Alexios against him Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Tutush defeated & killed Bozan, but was then himself defeated & killed by Barkiyaruk Certainty: 2
1096
Certainty: 2 Abul-Kasim had tried to give the sultan a bribe, but it was not accepted; finally he was strangled Certainty: 2
1098
Certainty: 3 Yaghi Siyan of Antioch sent his son with Kilic Arslan to Khorasan to seek help
Yaghi Siyan of Antioch held a council after the crusader victory on the bridge. Kilic Arslan I was sent to Khorasan to seek help from the Sultan (Barkiyaruq, not named in Western sources) and his deputy Kerbogha, taking Shams al-Dawla, Copatrix, Adorsonius and 12 legates. Kilic Arslan was to seek help on his journey from Ridwan and Pulagit, allies of Yaghi Siyan, then to confirm information taken to Khorasan by Buldagis when the siege began; he received sealed letters confirming his appeal. The sultan treated Kilic Arslan's narrative with mirth, thinking the Turks irresistable and his losses derisory. But Yaghi Siyan's letters listed crusader kingdoms and armies, so the Sultan took him seriously and called a meeting of his amirs. Kerbogha too disbelieved the words of Kilic Arslan, Shams al-Dawla and Buldagis, remembering the battle of Kibotos (at which he claimed to have been present), where the prowess of Peter the Hermit and his men proved limited. Kilic Arslan replied by distinguishing the Byzantines and the troops of Peter from hardened crusaders who were well-armed, confident, good cavalry, able to besiege fortresses, industrious and with stamina. Kerbogha responded briefly that he would exterminate the crusaders in six months, and immediately began to order men, equipment and supplies for a massive expedition. He summoned Pulagit, Ridwan of Aleppo, Duqaq of Damascus, Amasa of Niz, Boesas, Amasa of Curzh, Balas of Saruj, Balduk of Samosata and Karageth. They were to appear with full equipment on the appointed day. Other sources add Janah al-Dawla and Waththab b. Mahmud, and make the meeting place Marj Dabiq
Certainty: 3 Kerbogha of Mosul, en route to save Antioch, spent three weeks in a vain attempt to capture Edessa Certainty: 3