CASUALTY RECORD // July 7, 1097
Battle of Dorylaeum
Estimated casualties — killed, wounded, captured, and missing — by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Casualties by side
2 sides catalogued · combined 7,000 estimated
Crusaders
4,000
Medium-confidence figure
Sultanate of Rûm
3,000
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of Dorylaeum on 7 July 1097 was an engagement between the Crusader forces of the First Crusade and the Sultanate of Rûm. The Crusader army, commanded by Bohemond of Taranto and Robert Curthose and numbering around 20,000, faced a Seljuk force of approximately 7,000 under Kilij Arslan and Gazi Gümüshtigin. Casualties were substantial on both sides — roughly 4,000 Crusaders and 3,000 Seljuk troops — indicating a hard-fought contest.
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