Alp Arslan

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Alp Arslan was an 11th-century Seljuk ruler best known for expanding the empire and decisively defeating the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of Manzikert in 1071.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Seljuk ruler
person
sultan
advisor Nizam al-Mulk NERFINISHED
battleDate Battle of Manzikert, 1071 NERFINISHED
birthDate 1029
burialPlace Merv NERFINISHED
capitalDuringReign Isfahan NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath assassination
child Malik Shah I NERFINISHED
deathDate 1072
deathYear 1072
dynasty Seljuk dynasty NERFINISHED
era 11th century
ethnicity Turkic
father Chaghri Beg NERFINISHED
givenName Muhammad NERFINISHED
historicalRegionRuled Greater Iran NERFINISHED
Mesopotamia NERFINISHED
parts of Central Asia
historicalSignificance opened Anatolia to large-scale Turkic settlement
honorificTitle Alp Arslan NERFINISHED
honorificTitleMeaning Heroic Lion
house House of Seljuk NERFINISHED
knownFor defeat of the Byzantine Empire at Manzikert
expansion of the Seljuk Empire
languageOfCourt Persian
militaryCampaign campaigns in Armenia
campaigns in Georgia
campaigns in eastern Anatolia
militaryTitle amīr
notableBattle Battle of Manzikert NERFINISHED
opponent Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
opponentCommander Romanos IV Diogenes NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath near the Oxus River
policy support of Sunni orthodoxy
use of Persian bureaucratic traditions
positionHeld Sultan of the Seljuk Empire NERFINISHED
predecessor Tughril NERFINISHED
reignEnd 1072
reignStart 1063
religion Sunni Islam
result decisive victory at the Battle of Manzikert
spouse Aka Khatun NERFINISHED
successor Malik Shah I NERFINISHED
territorialExpansion Anatolia NERFINISHED
Caucasus NERFINISHED
parts of Armenia

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