Alp-Arslan: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

The discussions of Alp-Arslan in W. Barthold (Vasilii V. Barthold), Turkestan Down to the Mongol Invasion, 4th ed. (1977); and Claude Cahen, Pre-Ottoman Turkey (1968), may be recommended.

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Modified link of Web site: Encyclopaedia Iranica - Alp Arslan. Feb 11, 2026
Anniversary information added. Oct 28, 2025
Add new Web site: DergiPark Akademik - How Was Sultan Alp Arslan Killed? (PDF). Feb 28, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Feb 12, 2024
Add new Web site: Encyclopaedia Iranica - Alp Arslan. Feb 01, 2023
Revised to clarify the use of "Turkmen." Jan 06, 2016
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Alp Arslan. Sep 15, 2011
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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