Alp Arslan, Cikakken sunaMuhammad bin Dawud Chaghri shi ne na biyun Seljuk Sultan wanda ya yi sarauta daga 1063 zuwa 1072. Ya shahara da Girman mallaka na Anatolia bayan ya kayar daRumawa a Yaƙin Manzikert da Faɗaɗa Daular Seljuk.
Bajintar da Muhammad bin Dawud Chaghri ya yi a fagen soja da kuma kwarewar yaki ya sa ake masa lakabi daAlp Arslan, wanda ke nufin "Jarumi Zaki" aTurkanci.
Kwatanta na zamani sun kwatanta Alp Arslan a matsayin "mai ban tsoro, mai mulki," "mai girma, kyakkyawa mai girma. Yana da dogon buhunan bura, sirara, wanda ya saba harba kibau. Kuma sun ce kibiyarsa ba ta taba bata ba. ... Daga saman maballin hularsa har zuwa karshen gashin baki yadi biyu ne"[4]
Alp Arslan
Majiyoyin musulmi sun nuna Alp Arslan a matsayin mai kishin addini amma adalci. Alp Arslan ya kasance mai sadaukarwa gamazhabarHanafiyya ta yadda ya kasance yana rike da waniQaadi a gefensa, ciki har da yake-yake. Wakilinsa,Nizam al-Mulk, ya siffanta matashin sarkin:[5]
Alp Arslan ya raka kawunsa Tughril a yakin kudu daFatimids yayin da mahaifinsaChaghri ya kasance aKhorasan Bayan Alp Arslan ya koma Khorasan, ya fara aikinsa na gudanarwa bisa shawarar mahaifinsa. Yayin da yake can, mahaifinsa ya gabatar da shi gaNizam al-Mulk, ɗaya daga cikin fitattun jagorori a tarihin musulmi na farko kuma mai jiran gadon Alp Arslan.[6]
Alp Arslan on kursiyin Majma al-Tawarikh na Hafiz Ab
↑"THE SELJUKS AND THEIR SUCCESSORS: IRAN AND CENTRAL ASIA, C.1040-1250 Coin no. 3 of 14".This coin was struck at the mint of al-Ahwaz, the capital town of Khuzistan, which, together with al-Basra, was the main trading city at the head of the Arabian Gulf. On it, Alp Arslan clearly states his power and prestige as "the Exalted Sultan, King of Kings, King of Islam." In the inscription on his coins his name appears as Alb because Arabic lacks the letter "p", but to Persian and Turkish speakers his name is pronounced "Alp".
↑"But the Battle of Manzikert opened Asia Minor toTurkmen conquest"