Alp Arslan
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Alp Arslan （honorific in Turkic meaning "Heroic or Great Lion"; in Persian: آلپ ارسلان‎; Arabic epithet: Diyā ad-Dunyā wa ad-Dīn Adud ad-Dawlah Abu Shujā'
Muhammad Ālp Ārslan ibn Dawūd Persian: ضياء الدنيا و الدين عضد الدولة ابو شجاع محمد آلپ ارسلان ابن داود‎;‎ 20 January 1029 – 24 November 1072）,
real name Muhammad bin Dawud Chaghri, 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 south and northwest and his victory over the Byzantines at the Battle of Manzikert, in 1071, ushered in the Turkoman settlement of Anatolia.
For his military prowess and fighting skills he obtained the name Alp Arslan, which means "Heroic Lion" in Turkish.
Alp Arslan was the son of Chaghri and nephew of Tughril, the founding Sultans of the Seljuk empire.
His grandfather was Mikail, who in turn was the son of the warlord Seljuk.
He was the father of numerous children, including Malik-Shah I and Tutush I. It is unclear who the mother or mothers of his children were.
He was known to have been married at least twice.
His wives included the widow of his uncle Tughril, a Kara-Khanid princess known as Aka Khatun, and the daughter or niece of Bagrat IV of Georgia （who would later marry his vizier, Nizam al-Mulk）.
One of Seljuk's other sons was the Turkic chieftain Arslan Isra'il, whose son, Kutalmish, contested his nephew's succession to the sultanate.
Alp Arslan's younger brothers Suleiman ibn Chaghri and Qavurt were his rivals.
Kilij Arslan, the son and successor of Suleiman ibn Kutalmish （Kutalmish's son, who would later become Sultan of Rûm）, was a major opponent of the Franks during the First Crusade ...