The People's Crusade was the beginning phase of the First Crusade whose objective was to retake the Holy Land, and Jerusalem in particular, from Islamic occupation. The crusade lasted roughly six months from April to October 1096 and was the first, largest, and best documented of the popular crusades. It is distinguished from the "Princes' Crusade", which was much better organized, better armed, and better funded. It is also known as the Peasants' Crusade, Paupers' Crusade or the Popular Crusade as it was not part of the official church-organized expeditions that came later. Led primarily by Peter the Hermit with forces of Walter Sans Avoir, the untrained peasant army was destroyed by the forces of the Seljuk Turks under Kilij Arslan at the Battle of Civetot in northwestern Anatolia.