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WI: He (Manuel) had actually defeated the Seljuks in this epic 1176 battle. I'm not completely sure what his goals really were. Would the Iconium sultanate merely have become tributary to the Byzantines, forcing to cede certain border territories to them, but remaining essentially intact? Or would Iconium been re-occupied, and the Seljuks forced to move further eastward. Or was the complete re-occupation of Asia Minor by the Byzantines Manuel's goal? Was this even possible, over 100 years after Manzikert, and with so many Turks now permanently settled in Asia Minor?
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