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Wax statue of Sultan Alp Arslan on display at Istanbul Sapphire, İstanbul, Turkey

Alp Arslan, Real name Muhammad bin Dawud Chaghri was the second Seljuk Sultan who reigned from 1063 to 1072. He is famous for his Conquest of Anatolia after defeating The Byzantines In the Battle of Manzikert and Expansion of the Seljuk Empire.

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  • Dinar of Muhammad Alp Arslan, AH 455-465

    Coin minted in the name of Alp Arslan with the title Shahanshah.

  • Manzikert

    A diorama of aftermath of the Battle of Manzikert (Istanbul Military Museum).

  • Byzantium vs Seljuk c 1071 cropped

    Byzantine territory (purple), Byzantine campaigns (red) and Seljuk campaigns (green)

  • BnF Fr232 fol323 Alp Arslan Romanus

    Alp Arslan humiliating Emperor Romanos IV after the Battle of Manzikert. From a 15th-century illustrated French translation of Boccaccio's De Casibus Virorum Illustrium.

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