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    Alp Arslan, born Muhammad bin Dawud Chaghri, was the second sultan of the Seljuk Empire and great-grandson of Seljuk, the eponymous founder of the dynasty...
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    campaigns of his father Alp Arslan, along with the latter's vizier Nizam al-Mulk. During one such campaign in 1072, Alp Arslan was fatally wounded and...
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  • wars during Alp Arslan's rule as a Sultan of the Seljuk Empire. In the series, Turkish actor Barış Arduç essays the lead role of Alp Arslan. The series...
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    Rukn al-Din Abu al-Muzaffar Arslan Shah Ibn Tughril II (1133–1176) was a Seljuk sultan who appointed as ruler of Iraq and Persia. His reign lasted fifteen...
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  • Bazir Arslan Khan, Khagan of Karakhanids Ali Arslan Khan (died 998), Karakhanid ruler Arslan Isra'il (died 1032), Turkish chieftain Alp Arslan al-Akhras...
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  • Iraq would remain under the control of the Seljuk Turks until 1135. Alp Arslan, the son of Chaghri Beg, expanded significantly upon Tughril's holdings...
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    Battle of Manzikert (category Battles of Alp Arslan)
    Khliat if possible. Alp Arslan was already in the area, however, with allies and 30,000 cavalry from Aleppo and Mosul. Alp Arslan's scouts knew exactly...
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  • Alp Arslan ibn Mahmud was ruler of Mosul from 1127-1146. As son of Mahmud II, he was appointed governor of Mosul in 1127 with Zengi as his atabeg. While...
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  • Tāj al-Dawla Alp Arslān ibn Riḍwān, nicknamed al-Akhras ("the Mute"), was the Seljuk sultan of Aleppo from AD 1113 (AH 507) until his death in 1114 (508)...
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    facto ruler of the empire for 20 years after the assassination of Sultan Alp Arslan in 1072, serving as the archetypal "good vizier". Viewed by many historians...
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    January 1940 30 December 1941 6 August 1942 Transferred to Turkey, 1959, as Alp Arslan Mahratta (ex-Marksman) 7 July 1939 28 July 1942 8 April 1943 Sunk by the...
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    captured and his army routed at the Battle of Manzikert by the forces of Alp Arslan. Having been betrayed by members of the Doukas family, while still captive...
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  • Shams al-Dawla Toghan Shah ibn Alp Arslan, nicknamed Abu al-Fawaris, was one of the Seljuk rulers of Khorasan. He ruled for a period (1083-1092) and took...
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    Fariburz secretly sent a messenger to the chamberlain of the Seljuq ruler Alp Arslan, who was the overlord of Qara-tegin and the Turks who had been raiding...
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    included Umman. Qavurt 1041–1073 (great-grantson of Seljuq, brother of Alp Arslan) Kerman Shah 1073–1074 Sultan Shah 1074–1075 or 1074–1085 Hussain Omar...
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  • Ahmet Alp (formerly Ares). Based on Ahmet Gazi, one of Orhan Gazi's Alps. Çağlar Yalçınkaya as Sartaç Alp: The Alp and bodyguard of Yavlak Arslan. Cüneyt...
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    adopted the Persian culture and Persian language in the following decades. Alp Arslan died in 1072. But before death he willed his throne to Malik Shah I, his...
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    Battle of Damghan (1063) (category Battles of Alp Arslan)
    founder of the empire, Tughril, died childless and willed the throne to Alp Arslan, son of his elder brother Chaghri Beg. After Tughril's death however,...
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    brother Alp Arslan succeeded his uncle Tuğrul as the new sultan and Qavurt then the governor of Kirman (south Persia) waited for his turn. Alp Arslan died...
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    vizier of the first Seljuk Sultan Tughril (r. 1037–1063) and his nephew Alp Arslan (r. 1063–1072). Kunduri was born in Kundur. He was recruited into the...
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    Beg's more competent and elder son Alp Arslan, who had ruled Khurasan since his father's death in 1059. Alp Arslan quickly asserted his authority over...
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  • Seljuk Empire in the 11th century. He served three Sultans: Chaghri Beg, Alp Arslan and Malik-Shah I. He is believed to have disappeared after 1077. The young...
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    afterwards. Chaghri had six sons and four daughters. Among his sons, Alp Arslan became the sultan of the Seljukid Empire in 1064. All the remaining members...
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    Manzikert, the Seljuk commander Suleiman ibn Qutulmish, a distant cousin of Alp Arslan and a former contender for the throne of the Seljuk Empire, came to power...
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    "ALPTIGIN". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume I/9: Alp Arslan–ʿAbd-al-Hamīd. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 898....
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  • Khadija Arslan Khatun (Persian: خدیجہ ارسلان خاتون) was a Seljuk princess, sister of sultan Alp Arslan (r.1063–1072) and Aunt of sultan Malik Shah (r....
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    Great Seljuk Empire, founded by Tughril and significantly expanded by Alp Arslan, stretched from Anatolia and Syria in the west to the Ghaznavid Empire...
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  • based on lives of Seljuk sultans. Arduç portrays the leading role of Alp Arslan in Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu. "Barış Arduç ve Gupse Özay bugün evlendi"...
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  • founder and first leader of the Almoravid movement and dynasty. Alp Arslan Muhammad Ālp Ārslan ibn Dawūd Persian: ضياء الدنيا و الدين عضد الدولة ابو شجاع محمد...
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    and Arslan Khatun, the daughter of Chaghri Beg. They had a son Ala al-Daula Ata Khan. Another wife, who was the mother of Mahmud's son, Alp Arslan, died...
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