Mongol invasion of Byzantine Thrace

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Mongol invasion of Byzantine Thrace
	Part of the Mongol invasion of Europe
Date	Winter 1263/1264
Location	Byzantine Thrace (modern-day northeastern Greece and western Turkey)
Result	Mongol victory
Belligerents
Golden Horde	Byzantine Empire
Commanders and leaders
Berke	Michael VIII Palaiologos
Strength
Unknown	Unknown

The Mongol invasion of Byzantine Thrace took place in the winter of AD 1263/1264. The Seljuk Sultan of Rûm Kayqubad II appealed to Berke, Khan of the Golden Horde, to attack the Byzantine Empire in order to free his brother Kaykaus II.^[1]

^ Jackson 2014, p. 202.

[FOOTNOTEJackson2014202-1] Jackson 2014, p. 202.

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