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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
Toghrol Tower and ruins of Rhey Yezid , near Tehran
Detail of brickwork of upper sections. The Seljuki style is readily observable.
Toghrol Tower — Detail of brickwork of upper sections. The Seljuki style is readily observable.
Photo Credit: By Zereshk - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3323270
Toghrol Tower Detail of brickwork of upper sections. The Seljuki style is readily observable.
Portal and interior
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
Details of the tower built of brick, Ruins of Rei
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
The 12th-century Seljuk-era Tughrul Tower in Ray, Iran —
Photo Credit: By Fars News Agency, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68431413
The 12th-century Seljuk-era Tughrul Tower in Ray, Iran
... until Alp Arslan learned in Aleppo of the Byzantine advance. He returned north and met the Byzantines north of Lake Van.
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.
From a 15th-century illustrated French translation of Boccaccio's De Casibus Virorum Illustrium.
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.
In this 15th-century French miniature depicting the Battle of Manzikert, the combatants are clad in contemporary Western European armour.
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.
Photo Credit: By Boccace - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=366206
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.
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 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"
Photo Credit: By Photographe: Clio20 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=582793
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"
cropped from photo of the
Eudokia — cropped from photo of the "Romanos Ivory"
Photo Credit: By Photographe: Clio20 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=582793
Eudokia cropped from photo of the "Romanos Ivory"
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)
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)
Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25637308
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)
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