Alp Arslan’s son, Malik Shah, succeeds him…

1075 CE

Alp Arslan’s son, Malik Shah, succeeds him as Great Seljuq sultan.

With the support of his father's vizier, Nizam al-Mulk, he continues his predecessor's policy of supporting Sunnite Islam against Egypt's Shiite Fatimid dynasty.

Nizam al-Mulk is the true manager of the Seljuq empire, extending Seljuq rule from the borders of Anatolia in the west to Transoxiana in the east, where the Seljuqs push back a Kara-Khanid attack on Khorasan and establish a shaky truce with the Ghaznavids, who continue to oppose the Seljuqs.

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Ghazni Ghazni Afghanistan View →

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Alp Arslan View → Malik-Shah I View → Nizam al-Mulk View →

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Arab people View → Persian people View → Kurdish people View → Transoxiana View → Khorasan, Greater View → Muslims, Sunni View → Muslims, Shi'a View → Kara-Khanid Khanate View → Abbasid Caliphate (Baghdad) View → Ghaznavids View → Turkmen people View → Fatimid Caliphate View → Georgia, (Bagratid) Kingdom of View → Seljuq Empire (Rayy) View → Roman Empire, Eastern: Doukid dynasty View →

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Byzantine-Seljuq Turk Wars of 1064-81 View →

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Weapons View →

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Commerce View → Labor and Service View → Conflict View → Faith View → Government View → Technology View →

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