Alp Arslan
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- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility, Military History
- Subcategories: Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Monarchy, Empires, Dynasties, Byzantine Empire
- Curriculum: Asian History, Middle Eastern History
Article abstract: Military significance: Arslan was the Seljuk Turk leader who defeated the Byzantine emperor Romanus IV Diogenes at Manzikert. The defeat represented the beginning of the end of Byzantium as a great power.
Alp Arslan was the son of Chagri, a chieftain of Khorāsān and the nephew of Tughrul, the sultan of the Seljuk Turks. By 1064, he had inherited both realms and begun a four-year campaign in the Caucasus. This soon brought him to the borders of the Byzantine Empire. Arslan’s forces established a fort at Chliat. The sultan then occupied the...
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