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Hearing this the inhabitants began fleeing in terror, some jumped over the walls and others to the citadel. Some attempted to resist but were defeated. A general amnesty was proclaimed; the plunder seized after the first irruption was restored and the
Seljuks allowed the inhabitants to return home
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Seljuks avoided a massacre. Some of Philaretus's men who retreated to the citadel held out against the Seljuks. On January 12 of the next year, the garrison launched an attack but was defeated, forcing them to surrender. Everyone in the citadel was spared.
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Seljuks of Rum led by Sulieman ibn Qutalmish and the Byzantine garrison of Philaretos. The Seljuk with a small force managed to capture the city in late 1084 while the castle surrendered in early 1085.
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Seljuks then climbed up and opened the St. Paul's Gate. This entry involved defection from some guards. The Inhabitants were unaware of what was happening until they were alerted by one cry of a Seljuk.
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and landed there. He made his way in the night through the stony Ridges. Eventually, the
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