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The Seljuks began to invade Transoxiana during the reign of Alp Arslan. At that time, the Seljuks began to establish themselves as respected rulers in their circles. Sultan Alp Arslan emerged as a very bright figure with the policies he implemented both in the east and west from the moment he ascended to the throne. In the month of Muharram 448 (December 1065-January 1066) , he organized an expedition to Khwarezm by traveling around the Aral Sea region (Mangishlak Peninsula) and the eastern shores of the Caspian Sea. Setting out for Khwarezm with a large army, Alp Arslan drove the Mangyshlak Turkmen tribes, who cooperated with the Turks and Mongols who did not accept Islam and who were harming the Seljuk Empire, attacking caravans and creating chaos, towards the steppes. He then engaged in a fierce battle with the Kipchaks in the region with his army and defeated the Kipchak Emir Kefshud and the Kipchak army of thirty thousand . After this victory, Alp Arslan sent an ambassador to the Qipchaq Emir Kefşud. When Kefşud came and announced his surrender, Sultan Alp Arslan forgave him for his crimes. Alp Arslan's eastern campaign, which he started to restore order, resulted in the Seljuk rule of most of the lands from the Caspian Sea to Tashkent without a fight. He visited the tomb of his ancestor Seljuk in the city of Cend on the Syr Darya and completed his campaign by annexing the lands of Cend Khan, who welcomed him from afar with gifts, to the Seljuks under the command of Melikşah.

References

• Ayan, Kış 2012 147. Sibt İbnü'l-Cevzi, 1968: 670 vd; Kirnoğlu, 1992: 70 vd.; El-Hüseyni, 1999 28, Ahmed b. Mahmud, 1977: 1, 69, Ayan, 2009: 109.

• According to what I understood from the letter, the Turkmens, who had joined forces with the infidels, were plundering the merchants. These Turkmens were on the Caspian Sea side, next to the Kipchaks. The Turkmens, who heard that the Sultan had come to them with the aim of suppressing them, went to an island in the sea. It is known that this place was Mangyshlak Island. According to the same letter, the Turkmens had to abandon their money, women, children and countless animals while going to this island. All of these fell into the hands of the Seljuk soldiers. Sevim, 1998, 22.

1. Turan 2010. sfn error: no target: CITEREFTuran2010 (help)
2. Sevim 1998. sfn error: no target: CITEREFSevim1998 (help)