The Battle of Manzikert

Sultan Alp Arslan wore a white gown during the battle. he ordered his men that if he is killed in the war he should buried with that gown. He tired his horses tail to his belly according to an old Turkish tradition. (Muhammet the Prophet also wore white gown in every battle.)

After the battle Sultan Alp Arslan fought againts a terror order called  Haschhaschis(who smoke Haschisch) organized by a Iraninar/Turk(?) called Hasan Sabbah. During the siege of the fortress Hana he was severly wounded by a Haschhaschi in 1072. He strugled with the dead nearly 40 days. When he died  He was 42 years old. On his dying bed he told his friends the folowing lesson:

"A month ago I was commanding the whole World. Now I am lying on my dying bed. I was on a hill watching my soldiers passing. I became too proud. I thought myself that I am the powerfull man on this world. But a misirable man wounded me. Soon I will die. It is my testimony to my son and his sons and their sons, to all Turkish rulers that a group of singers should sing the following quotation every day just under the window of Sultan after the morning prayer.

"Magrur olma Padischahim, Senden buyuk Allah var!"

to English: "Don't be proud O Sultan! Allah is the only almighty."

This song has been sang until 1923 in every Turkish court. After the declaration of Turkish Republic in 1923 it is forgotton.

Allah is the only Allmighty.