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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.
Alp Arslan humiliating Emperor Romanos IV From a 15th-century illustrated French translation of Boccaccio's De Casibus Virorum Illustrium.
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.
Romanos Ivory Carved ivory plaque which some scholars think may be Eudokia and Romanos IV being crowned by Christ. There are two inscriptions in Greek language written on the ivory plaque: "Romanos, Emperor of the Romans" and "Eudokia, Empress of the Romans"
Eudokia cropped from photo of the "Romanos Ivory"
Alp Arslan cropped from Miniature painted illustration from the Majma' al-Tawarikh of Hafiz 'Abru. Depicts accession to the throne of Herat by Alp Arslan (20 January 1029 – 15 December 1072)
Tughrul Bey An imaginary drawing of derived from a Turkmenistan currency issued in 2009 AD
Ghaznavid wall border Marble wall border, Ghazni, Afghanistan, 12th century CE. Linden-Museum - Stuttgart, Germany
