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Quotes About Seljuk

Antioch was the last of the great cities of Arab Asia to have fallen under the domination of the Seljuk Turks: in 1084 it was still a dependency of Constantinople. Thirteen years later, when the Frankish knights laid siege to the town, Yaghi-SiyÁn was naturally convinced that this was part of an attempt
~ Amin Maalouf
Seljuk Turks in the east, Normans in the west, and in the north the latest nomadic groups
~ Roderick Beaton