Ruler · 1029 – 1072

Alp Arslan

Lived 1029 – 1072; military leader. Sultan of the Seljuq Empire of Seljuk Empire, 1063 – 1072.

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Lived: 1029 – 1072; 43 years
In office: 9 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Seljuk Empire
Left it: killed in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Sultan of the Seljuq Empire

Seljuk Empire · the 2nd of 15 dated reigns · 1037 – 1193

Tughril I1037 – 1063

Alp Arslan1063 – 1072

Malik-Shah I1072 – 1092

Mahmud I1092 – 1094

Berkyaruq1092 – 1104

10 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1063 – 1072 · 9 years · came to it aged 34

Came to it: the nephew or niece of the ruler before, on record
Left it: killed in officeWikidata's manner of death: stab wound

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