The Seljuq campaigns Military_operation in the Aegean refer Name_conferral to the ground and naval actions conducted Action by the Seljuk Turks , chiefly under the leadership of Tzachas of Smyrna against the Byzantine Empire .

Alexios was also able to rapidly quell the threat Warning of Abu ' l Qasim , the Seljuk governor of Nicaea , who attempted Hold to create Creating a fleet of his own at Abydos in ca .

Nonetheless , John 's tireless campaigns Military_operation drove Motion the Turks deep into Anatolia and by 1143 the Seljuk Turks had lost Earnings_and_losses all control Control of the coastal regions of Asia Minor .

The last century of the Arab–Byzantine wars Hostile_encounter was dominated Control by frontier conflicts with the Fatimids in Syria , but the border remained stable until the appearance Presence of a new people , the Seljuk Turks , after 1060 .

In order to attack Attack Damietta in Egypt , they allied Collaboration in Anatolia with the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm which attacked Attack the Ayyubids in Syria in an attempt to free the Crusaders from fighting Hostile_encounter on two fronts .