Battle of Manzikert

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Battle of Manzikert - 1071 battle between the Byzantine Empire and Seljuk Turks. This event is the 595^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of events and the 196^th most popular event in Simple English Wikipedia. Article “Battle of Manzikert” in Simple English Wikipedia has 19.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 3 references and 3 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Achievements in all the time:

Simple English Wikipedia:

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The 3843^rd most editable in Simple English Wikipedia.

The 196^th most popular in events in Simple English Wikipedia.

Global Wikipedia:

The 595^th most popular in events.

Since the creation of article “Battle of Manzikert”, its content was written by 42 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia (3843^rd place) and edited by 2261 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

Battle of Manzikert is on the 196^th place in local ranking of events in Simple English Wikipedia and on the 595^th place in global ranking of events in all the time.

The article is cited 18 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 4716 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #27 in November 2021
• Global: #2083 in November 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #990 in October 2020
• Global: #8741 in August 2020

There are 48 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Battle of Manzikert		79.3655
2	Persian (fa) نبرد ملازگرد		77.3226
3	Uzbek (uz) Malazgirt jangi		58.0087
4	Azerbaijani (az) Malazgird döyüşü		55.9615
5	Slovak (sk) Bitka pri Mantzikerte		54.891
6	Czech (cs) Bitva u Mantzikertu		51.8606
7	Turkish (tr) Malazgirt Meydan Muharebesi		49.91
8	Portuguese (pt) Batalha de Manzicerta		49.1065
9	Greek (el) Μάχη του Μαντζικέρτ		47.7602
10	Vietnamese (vi) Trận Manzikert		46.6484

The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Turkish (tr) Malazgirt Meydan Muharebesi		3 611 452
2	English (en) Battle of Manzikert		3 491 670
3	Arabic (ar) معركة ملاذكرد (1071)		987 520
4	German (de) Schlacht bei Manzikert		601 132
5	Russian (ru) Битва при Манцикерте		584 801
6	Persian (fa) نبرد ملازگرد		517 223
7	Greek (el) Μάχη του Μαντζικέρτ		396 485
8	Spanish (es) Batalla de Manzikert		296 065
9	French (fr) Bataille de Manzikert		295 085
10	Italian (it) Battaglia di Manzicerta		215 661

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Battle of Manzikert		22 631
2	Turkish (tr) Malazgirt Meydan Muharebesi		6 821
3	Persian (fa) نبرد ملازگرد		4 601
4	Russian (ru) Битва при Манцикерте		2 326
5	German (de) Schlacht bei Manzikert		1 921
6	Greek (el) Μάχη του Μαντζικέρτ		1 759
7	Spanish (es) Batalla de Manzikert		1 273
8	French (fr) Bataille de Manzikert		1 257
9	Italian (it) Battaglia di Manzicerta		922
10	Chinese (zh) 曼齐刻尔特战役		847

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Battle of Manzikert		479
2	Turkish (tr) Malazgirt Meydan Muharebesi		302
3	German (de) Schlacht bei Manzikert		147
4	Russian (ru) Битва при Манцикерте		127
5	French (fr) Bataille de Manzikert		115
6	Dutch (nl) Slag bij Manzikert		84
7	Italian (it) Battaglia di Manzicerta		83
8	Persian (fa) نبرد ملازگرد		73
9	Hebrew (he) קרב מנזיקרט		57
10	Spanish (es) Batalla de Manzikert		54

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Turkish (tr) Malazgirt Meydan Muharebesi		4
2	English (en) Battle of Manzikert		2
3	Catalan (ca) Batalla de Mantziciert		1
4	Spanish (es) Batalla de Manzikert		1
5	Portuguese (pt) Batalha de Manzicerta		1
6	Uzbek (uz) Malazgirt jangi		1
7	Arabic (ar) معركة ملاذكرد (1071)		0
8	Azerbaijani (az) Malazgird döyüşü		0
9	Belarusian (be) Бітва пад Манцыкертам (1071)		0
10	Bulgarian (bg) Битка при Манцикерт		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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