Alp Arslan ( ālp arslān ; ālb ārslān ; 1029 – 15 December 1072 ) was the third sultan of the Seljuq dynasty and great-grandson of Seljuk, the eponymous founder of the dynasty.

His real name was Muhammad bin Da ' ud Chaghri, and for his military prowess, personal valour, and fighting skills he obtained the surname Alp Arslan, which means " Heroic Lion " in Turkish.

Alp Arslan led Seljuq Turks to victory against the Byzantine Empire | Byzantines in 1071.

Alp Arslan and his uncle Kutalmish both contested this succession.

Alp Arslan defeated Kutalmish for the throne and succeeded on 27 April 1064 as sultan of Great Seljuq, and thus became sole monarch of Persia from the river Oxus to the Tigris.

In 1068, en route to Syria, Alp Arslan Oush invaded the Byzantine Empire.

At Manzikert, on the Murat River, north of Lake Van, Diogenes was met by Alp Arslan.

Emperor Romanos IV was himself taken prisoner and conducted into the presence of Alp Arslan, who treated him with generosity, and, terms of peace having been agreed to, dismissed him, loaded with presents and respectfully attended by a military guard.

: Alp Arslan: " What would you do if I was brought before you as a prisoner?

: Alp Arslan: " My punishment is far heavier.

Alp Arslan humiliating Emperor Romanos IV after the Battle of Manzikert.

Domestic affairs were handled by his able vizier, Nizam al-Mulk, the founder of the administrative organization which characterized and strengthened the sultanate during the reigns of Alp Arslan and his son, Malik Shah.

This type of military fiefdom enabled the nomadic Turks to draw on the resources of the sedentary Persians, Turks and other established cultures within the Seljuq realm, and allowed Alp Arslan to field a huge standing army, without depending on tribute from conquest to pay his soldiery.

The dominion of Alp Arslan after Manzikert extended over much of western Asia.

Alp Arslan, who took great pride in his reputation as the foremost archer of his time, motioned to his guards not to interfere and drew his bow, but his foot slipped, the arrow glanced aside and he received the assassin's dagger in his breast.

Alp Arslan died four days later from this wound on 25 November 1072 in his 42nd year, and was taken to Merv to be buried next to his father Chaghri Beg.

:“ O those who saw the sky-high grandeur of Alp Arslan, behold!

As he lay dying, Alp Arslan whispered to his son that his vanity had killed him.

From 2002 to July 2008 under Turkmen calendar reform, the month of August was named after Alp Arslan.

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Alp Tigin, along with Mahmud of Ghazni, defeated Faik and annexed Herāt, Nishapur and Tous.

When Romanos IV was defeated and captured by Alp Arslan of the Seljuk Turks at the Battle of Manzikert in August 1071, Michael VII remained in the background, while the initiative was taken by his uncle John Doukas and his tutor Michael Psellos.

In 1071, after Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes was defeated by Sultan Alp Arslan, a palace coup was staged before he could return to Constantinople.

Suleyman was the son of Kutalmish, who had struggled unsuccessfully against his cousin Alp Arslan for the throne of Great Seljuq Empire.

* the siyâsetnâme ( سياست نامه ), a kind of political treatise describing the functionings of state and offering advice for rulers, an early Seljuk example of which is the 11th-century Siyāsatnāma, written in Persian by Nizam al-Mulk, vizier to the Seljuk rulers Alp Arslan and Malik Shah I

Alp Tigin and Abu al-Hasan Simjuri, as Samanid generals, competed with each other for the governorship of Khorasan and control of the Samanid empire by placing on the throne emirs they could dominate when ' Abd al-Malik I dies.

A court party instigated by men of the scribal class — civilian ministers as contrasted with Turkic generals — rejected Alp Tigin's candidacy for the Samanid throne.

In winter, Martigny is appreciated for its numerous nearby Alp ski resorts such as Verbier.

It is known for its fields of Alp roses ( Rhododendron ferrugineum ).

The earliest extant mention of the term is for a ruler of the North Caucasian Huns in the 680s, referred to in Christian sources from Caucasian Albania as Alp Ilutuer.

The Old Turkic word Alp means hero, and was an element in such names as Alp Arslan, but could also be used as a title for a victorious general.

The music video by Radical Friend for Yeasayer ’ s 2009 song Ambling Alp is an homage to Phase IV, and the video's images are inspired by some of the visual elements of the film.

From the milk of the cows the Alpine dairymen using old handicraft techniques produce a Bernese Alp cheese which is so searched for that it is sold in private and not available in open market.

After Alp Tigin's death in 993, Ishaq ibn Alptigin followed by Sebuktigin took to the throne.

The Rauhe Alb ( or Alp ) slopes gradually down into the plateau on its southern side, but on the north it appears sometimes rugged and steep, its line broken by isolated projecting hills.

Turkey's entry, Opera, performed by Çetin Alp & the Short Waves, could on the other hand be said to fit in well with the spirit of Eurovision of that time.

Since a hotel on the Eggishorn has been frequented by English mountaineers, the possibility of traversing the great ridge that encloses the head of the Aletsch Glacier, and connecting the Eggishorn with Grindelwald and Wengern Alp, has of interest, and a topographical problem which has excited adventurous mountaineers.

Upon his death on December 10, 1113, Radwan was succeeded by his teenage son Alp Arslan al-Akhras, under the regency of Lulu and ibn al-Khashshab.

Hoshang Shah's Tomb. Hoshang Shah or Hushang Shah Gori, originally known as Alp Khan, before he took on the title, when he was crowned the second King of Malwa.

In 1895, aged 19, he met and married Harriet Elizabeth Alp and settled with her in Burgh St. Peter near Lowestoft, where they had two sons and a daughter, including Thomas Crisp Jr., who would be with his father on the day he won the Victoria Cross.

In 1064, he participated in the unsuccessful defense of Ani against the Seljuk leader Alp Arslanand his allies: the Caucasian Georgians headed by King Bagrat IV of Georgia and Albanians headed by King Goridzhan. He served afterwards under Michael VII Doukas ( 1071 – 78 ) and Nikephoros III Botaneiates ( 1078 – 81 ) in various responsible positions on both the eastern and the western frontiers of the empire.

* Netting, Robert, Balancing on an Alp: Ecological Change and Continuity in a Swiss Mountain Community ( Cambridge University Press, 1981 )

It is situated on La Tossa d ' Alp mountain.

In 1071, Sultan Alp Arslan put an end to Byzantine dominance in the east with his most convincing at the battle on the plains of Manzikert where Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes was taken captive.