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Alp Arslan

Alp Arslan, or Axan (Pers. The Brare Lion), the second sultan of the Seljuk dynasty in Persia, came to the throne in 1063. He added Armenia and Georgia to his dominions, defeating the Greek Emperor, Romanus Diogenes, in 1071. Whilst invading Turkestan he was stabbed by Yussuf Rothual. the commandant of a fort on the Oxus, and died in 1073.