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Emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates
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Michael VII Doukas — back of the Holy Crown of Hungary
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Michael VII Doukas back of the Holy Crown of Hungary
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Suleiman ibn Qutalmish — cropped from photo of Kutalmişoğlu Süleyman Şah Monument in Tarsus , Mersin
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Suleiman ibn Qutalmish cropped from photo of Kutalmişoğlu Süleyman Şah Monument in Tarsus , Mersin
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Toghrol Tower and ruins of Rhey Yezid , near Tehran
Photo Credit: By Eugène Flandin - Voyage en Perse, avec Flandin, éd. Gide et Baudry, 1851, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29152084
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Toghrol Tower — Detail of brickwork of upper sections. The Seljuki style is readily observable.
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Toghrol Tower Detail of brickwork of upper sections. The Seljuki style is readily observable.
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Toghrol Tower — Portal and interior
Photo Credit: By Matthias Blume - Own work, additional images here., CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3320023
Toghrol Tower Portal and interior
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Toghrol Tower — Details of the tower built of brick, Ruins of Rei
Photo Credit: By Pascal Coste - Monuments modernes de la Perse mesurés, dessinés et décrits, éd. Morel, 1867, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29244347
Toghrol Tower Details of the tower built of brick, Ruins of Rei
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The 12th-century Seljuk-era Tughrul Tower in Ray, Iran
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Having made peace with the Byzantines, the Seljuks intended to attack Egypt — ... until Alp Arslan learned in Aleppo of the Byzantine advance. He returned north and met the Byzantines north of Lake Van.
Photo Credit: By Bakayna - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29645174
Having made peace with the Byzantines, the Seljuks intended to attack Egypt ... until Alp Arslan learned in Aleppo of the Byzantine advance. He returned north and met the Byzantines north of Lake Van.
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Alp Arslan humiliating Emperor Romanos IV — From a 15th-century illustrated French translation of Boccaccio's De Casibus Virorum Illustrium.
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Alp Arslan humiliating Emperor Romanos IV From a 15th-century illustrated French translation of Boccaccio's De Casibus Virorum Illustrium.
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Romain IV & Alp Arslan at the Battle of Manzikert (1071) — In this 15th-century French miniature depicting the Battle of Manzikert, the combatants are clad in contemporary Western European armour.
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Romain IV & Alp Arslan at the Battle of Manzikert (1071) In this 15th-century French miniature depicting the Battle of Manzikert, the combatants are clad in contemporary Western European armour.