For 10 points,name this great Seljuk sultan who defeated the Byzantines at Manzikert.
This man came to power by winning a succession war over Kutalmish, whose son established theindependent state of RÃ»m. In his early campaigns, he sacked the Cappadocian capital Kayseri beforemarching on Armenia and Georgia. According to Edward Gibbon, this man died when he waved hisbodyguards away and tried to shoot an assassin with his own bow. His adviser Nizam al-Mulk, whowrote The Book of Government and established a namesake system of Islamic higher education, alsoserved as vizier for his son (*) Malik Shah I. This man's greatest victory occurred when the defection ofsome Cuman and Pecheneg mercenaries allowed him to capture Romanes IV Diogenes. For 10 points,name this great Seljuk sultan who defeated the Byzantines at Manzikert.
This man came to power by winning a succession war over Kutalmish, whose son established theindependent state of RÃ»m.
Alp Arslan