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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.
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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 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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Primo Carnera (; October 26, 1906 – June 29, 1967 ) was an Italian boxer, nicknamed the Ambling Alp, who became the world heavyweight champion.
The dynasty was founded by Sebuktigin, upon his succession to rule Ghazna ( modern-day Ghazni Province in Afghanistan ) after his father-in-law, Alp Tigin, who was a break-away ex-general of the Samanids from Balk, north of the Hindu Kush in Khorasan.
Suleyman was the son of Kutalmish, who had struggled unsuccessfully against his cousin Alp Arslan for the throne of Great Seljuq Empire.
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.
* Afşın Bey, a Seljuk bey who fought alongside Alp Arslān at the Battle of Manzikert ( 1071 )
The last years of Bagrat's reign coincided with what Professor David Marshall Lang described as " the final débacle of eastern Christendom " — the Battle of Manzikert — in which Alp Arslan dealt a crushing defeat to the Byzantine army, capturing the emperor Romanos IV, who soon died in misery.
Alp and took
After Alp Tigin's death in 993, Ishaq ibn Alptigin followed by Sebuktigin took to the throne.
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.
Alp and great
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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.
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When his uncle Tughril died he was succeeded by Suleiman, Alp Arslan's brother.
Alp Arslan's victories changed the balance in near Asia completely in favour of the Seljuq Turks and Sunni Muslims.
Alp Arslan's strength lay in the military realm.
Alp Arslan's conquest of Anatolia from the Byzantines is also seen as one of the pivotal precursors to the launch of the crusades.
The peace terms demanded by Alp Arslan, sultan of the Seljuk Turks, were not excessive, and Romanus accepted them.
* 1072 – Alp Arslan, Turkish sultan ( b. 1029 )
In 994, Nuh III invited Alp Tigin to come to his aid.
Alp Tigin, along with Mahmud of Ghazni, defeated Faik and annexed Herāt, Nishapur and Tous.
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