Traditional accounts of the siege emphasise the sultan's threats to destroy churches, especially the monastery of St Eugenios, even though destroying churches was not usual Seljuk practice.
Catatan tradisional tentang pengepungan menekankan ancaman sultan untuk menghancurkan gereja-gereja, terutama biara St. Eugenios, meskipun menghancurkan gereja bukanlah praktik Seljuk yang biasa.