Alp Arslan's raids into Anatolia were series of military campaigns conducted by the Seljuk Sultan Alp Arslan, and various other Seljuk leaders, against the Byzantine Empire between 1063-1070. These ra
Contemporary portrait of Constantine X, Michael VII and Eudokia
Miniature depicting Tughril I sitting on his throne
Depiction of a Seljuk horserider
Gold histamenon depicting Romanos and Eudokia crowned by Christ
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Alp Arslan was the second sultan of the Seljuk Empire and great-grandson of Seljuk, the eponymous founder of the dynasty and the empire. He reigned from 1063 until his assassination in 1072.
Coin minted in the name of Alp Arslan with the title Shahanshah
A miniature depicting Alp Arslan. Rashid al-Din, Jami' al-tawarikh, 1654 Ottoman copy, Topkapi Museum.
Alp Arslan humiliating Emperor Romanos IV after the Battle of Manzikert. From a 15th-century illustrated French translation of Boccaccio's De Casibus Virorum Illustrium