1. The word ‘Melik’, mentioned by the sources is not the name of the sultan of Ikonion, but one of his honorary titles. The identity of the sultan, who took part in the Seljuk campaign on 1222 – 1223, is not clearly known. On the different theories see Σαββίδης, Α., «Για την ταυτότητα του Μελίκ στην σελτζουκική εκστρατεία του 1222-3 κατά της Τραπεζούντας», στο Βυζαντινή προσωπογραφία, τοπική ιστορία και βυζαντινοτουρκικές σχέσεις (Athens 1994), off print from Πρακτικά ΙΔ' Πανελληνίου Ιστορικού Συνεδρίου 1993 (Thessaloniki 1994), pp. 79-88. 2. The Trapezuntine ship was forced to stop at Sinope due to a storm and its cargo was withheld by the Armenian governor, Etoum. See Γεωργιάδης, Θ.(ed.), Εγκυκλοπαίδεια του Ποντιακού Ελληνισμού. Ο Πόντος. Ιστορία, Λαογραφία και Πολιτισμός 1 (Thessaloniki 1991), p. 122. 3. The bishop of Trebizond Joseph Lazaropoulos, in his second version of the Vita of St Eugenios, stresses the contribution of the saint and of Panagia Chrysokephalos in bringing an end to the siege. See Χρύσανθος, μητροπολίτης Τραπεζούντος, «Η Εκκλησία της Τραπεζούντος», Αρχείον Πόντου 4-5 (Athens 1933), pp. 399-409. 4. The Empire of Trebizond became a subject of the Sultanate of Ikonion in 1214. After the fall of Sinope to the Seljuks (2 November 1214) and the capture of the Emperor of Trebizond Alexios I Grand Komnenos, the two parties signed a treaty which set the Emperor Alexios free but ordered that the Empire was obliged to pay a tribute to the Sultanate. See Arhweiler-Γλύκατζη, Ε., «Η αυτοκρατορία της Τραπεζούντας», Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους Θ': Υστεροβυζαντινοί χρόνοι (1204-1453) (Athens 1980), pp. 325-336, 326. 5. Andronikos I, after his victory against the Seljuk armies, gave as a gift to the monastery of Panagia Chrysokephalos a column made of valuable stones, one of the spoils from his battles with the Seljuks. See Bryer, A. – Winfield, D., ʺThe Byzantine Monuments and Topography of the Pontos Ιʺ, Dumbarton Oaks Studies 20 (Washington D.C. 1985), p. 239. |