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Alp Arslan

1029 - 1072

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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. He greatly expanded the Seljuk territory and consolidated his power, defeating rivals to the south and northwest, and his victory over the Byzantines at the Battle of Manzikert, in 1071, ushered in the Turkoman settlement of Anatolia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alp Arslan has received more than 1,441,873 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Alp Arslan is the 185th most popular politician (up from 368th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 58th in 2019) and the 21st 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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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alp Arslan ranks 185 out of 15,577. Before him are Charles I of Austria, Nicholas I of Russia, Orhan, George H. W. Bush, Marcus Licinius Crassus, and Kublai Khan. After him are Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Salman of Saudi Arabia, Donald Trump, Leonidas I, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Louis the Pious.

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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, Antipope Honorius II, Ouyang Xiu, Bagrat IV of Georgia, Ordulf, Duke of Saxony, Adalbert of Hamburg, Asadi Tusi, Ali Hujwiri, and Hereward the Wake.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Alp Arslan ranks 39 out of 1,301. Before him are Mimar Sinan (1490), Mehmed I (1386), John Chrysostom (349), Anaxagoras (-500), Suleiman II (1642), and Orhan (1288). After him are Heraclius (575), Mahidevran (1500), Mehmed VI (1861), Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (1615), Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954), and Şehzade Bayezid (1525).

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Among POLITICIANS In Turkey

Among politicians born in Turkey, Alp Arslan ranks 21. Before him are Abdul Hamid II (1842), Şehzade Mustafa (1515), Osman II (1604), Mehmed I (1386), Suleiman II (1642), and Orhan (1288). After him are Heraclius (575), Mahidevran (1500), Mehmed VI (1861), Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (1615), Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954), and Şehzade Bayezid (1525).

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