Alp Arslan
1029 CE–1072 CE · Isfahan
Alp Arslan was the second sultan of the Great Seljuk Empire, succeeding his uncle Tughril I in 1063. With his celebrated vizier Nizam al-Mulk he consolidated Seljuk rule across Iran and expanded into the Caucasus and Anatolia. In 1071 he defeated and captured the Byzantine emperor Romanos IV at the Battle of Manzikert, a turning point that opened Anatolia to Turkoman settlement. He was killed in 1072 during a campaign in Transoxiana and was succeeded by his son Malik-Shah I.
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- Anawrahta· 1014 CE–1077 CE
- William the Conqueror· 1028 CE–1087 CE
- al-Mustansir Billah· 1029 CE–1094 CE
- al-Qa'im· 1001 CE–1075 CE
- Emperor Renzong of Song· 1010 CE–1063 CE
- Lady Six Monkey 'War Quechquemitl'· –1101 CE
- Constantine IX Monomachos· 1000 CE–1055 CE
- Malik-Shah I· 1055 CE–1092 CE
- Tughril I· 990 CE–1063 CE
- al-Zahir li-I'zaz Din Allah· 1005 CE–1036 CE
- Yaroslav the Wise· 978 CE–1054 CE
- Alexios I Komnenos· 1057 CE–1118 CE
- Vladimir Monomakh· 1053 CE–1125 CE
- Lord Eight Deer 'Jaguar Claw'· 1063 CE–1115 CE
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