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Alp Arslan

1029 - 1072

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Alp Arslan, born Muhammad Alp Arslan bin Dawud Chaghri, was the second sultan of the Seljuk Empire and great-grandson of Seljuk, the eponymous founder of the dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alp Arslan has received more than 1,928,580 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Alp Arslan is the 180th most popular politician (up from 183rd in 2019), the most popular biography from Turkey (up from 39th in 2019) and the most popular Turkish Politician.

Alp Arslan is most famous for his victory over the Byzantine Emperor Romanus IV Diogenes in the Battle of Manzikert in 1071.

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  • 78.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 60

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alp Arslan ranks 180 out of 19,576. Before him are Salvador Allende, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Lee Kuan Yew, Osman II, Louis Philippe I, and Mary, Queen of Scots. After him are Paul von Hindenburg, Oliver Cromwell, Titus, Charles X of France, Babur, and Ho Chi Minh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1029, Alp Arslan ranks 1. After him are Mahmud al-Kashgari, Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī, Al-Mustansir Billah, Vseslav of Polotsk, and Theodosius of Kiev. Among people deceased in 1072, Alp Arslan ranks 1. After him are Romanos IV Diogenes, Sancho II of Castile and León, Peter Damian, Ouyang Xiu, Antipope Honorius II, Al-Qushayri, Bagrat IV of Georgia, Adalbert of Hamburg, Ordulf, Duke of Saxony, Asadi Tusi, and Ali Hujwiri.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Alp Arslan ranks 1 out of 169. After him are Croesus (-596), Priam (null), Mahidevran (1500), Valerian (200), Stefan Dušan (1308), Michael VIII Palaiologos (1224), Julius Nepos (430), Ulfilas (311), Posidonius (-135), Hecuba (null), and Balbinus (178).

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Among POLITICIANS In Turkey

Among politicians born in Turkey, Alp Arslan ranks 1. After him are Croesus (-596), Priam (null), Mahidevran (1500), Valerian (200), Stefan Dušan (1308), Michael VIII Palaiologos (1224), Julius Nepos (430), Balbinus (178), Kayqubad I (1188), Samuel of Bulgaria (958), and Briseis (null).

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