Siege of Trebizond (1205)

Siege of Trebizond

Date	1205-1206
Location	Trebizond, Pontus
Result	Trebizondian victory; Seljuks fail to take the capital

Belligerents

Empire of Trebizond

Sultanate of Rûm

Commanders and leaders

Alexios I of Trebizond

Kaykhusraw I

Byzantine–Seljuq Wars

Kapetron 1st Manzikert Caesarea Iconium 2nd Manzikert Seljuk campaigns in the Aegean 1st Nicaea 2nd Nicaea Philomelion Campaigns of John I Komnenos Myriokephalon Hyelion and Leimocheir Cotyaeum Trebizond Attalia Antioch on the Meander Battle of Gallipoli (1312)

The Siege of Trebizond from 1205 to 1206 was an attempt by the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm to take the city along the coast of the Black Sea. Prior to this, the Seljuks had successfully taken cities in Western Asia Minor and from their Danishmend rivals. The Turks failed to capture the city. In the end, Kaykhusraw I turned his attention against the Nicaean Empire and also seized Antalya.