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Surmari's trap , the destruction of the Turko-Seljuk army through military cunning . In 1053, the ongoing Turkic raids caused destruction to the country. Gtlmush, who invaded the country, increases the surroundings of Kars , but is unable to capture the citadel of Kars . After this failure, he moves to Surmari, where the Armenians prepare a trap for the newcomers and carry out a massacre through a surprise attack at night, from which the commander Gtlmush manages to escape , together with a small detachment
| Surmari's trap | |||||||
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| Part of The invations of Seljuk-Turks to Armenia | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Seljuk empire | Armenians of Surmalu | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Gtlmush | Mayor minister of Surmari | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 60000 | unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Almost completly | few | ||||||
Background
editThe Byzantine Empire continued to watch with indifference how the Seljuk Turks conquered Armenia. In 1045, Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX Monomakhos , seeing that Gagik B, the last king of Bagratids, was trying to strengthen the country, called him to Constantinople to negotiate with him on the issue of Ani . Gagik goes to the capital of Byzantium , where, however, it turns out that Constantine has organized a conspiracy. Gagik B is blocked in the court of Byzantium , after which a series of raids are undertaken to Ani , as a result of which Ani's Bagratun kingdom is in decline .
After all this, such a situation is created in Armenia that the enemy cannot take advantage of it and invades Armenia. The first invasions of the Seljuk-Turks took place in 1047 with an army of 100,000. They continue in the future as well. In 1051-1052, there was relative peace in Armenia.