Melik Shah



Alp Arslan and his son Mälik ªah expanded the borders of the Seljuks



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In 1063 Alp Arslan, the son of Çagry Beg, ascended to the throne. Alp Arslan was the great Soltan who unlocked the gates of Anatolia. His son Mälik ªah expanded the borders of the Seljuks and his son Soltan Sanjar promoted improvements in science and civilization.

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Togrul Beg, Alp Arslan and Melik Shah were the rulers of a powerful state. After MelikShah’s death, his sons, Berkyaryk and Muhammed Tapar, started disputes and clashes between them, and that led to the establishment and independence of the new small states. Only during the reign of Soltan Sanjar did the state manage to reorganize itself and to keep its coherence and vitality till his death. Soltan Sanjar’s reign remained limited to Horasan. However, other Seljuks states continued their existence in Kirman, Irak, Syria and Anatolia as independent states.

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Mälik ªah was asked:

“You are always calm; those who meet you leave here happy. There is nobody who has seen you who leaves angry. How can you manage to be like this?”  

He replied:

“If the things that I want to be done are carried out, even if I whisper them, why should I become angry? A man fears me when he is in front of me. He knows that he will lose his life, if he does wrong things and he also knows that he will be rewarded if he says good things. How can I threaten those who fear me even without threats? They pray to Allah to give my heart goodness before they come here. They want from me the things that are required by Allah. They approach me, thinking I am a representative of Allah. Should I make them think that the representative of Allah in the world is very bad?

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Mälik ªah said: “O my Allah I can get rid of hunger. Save me from satiety!”

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My beloved citizens! It is an important fact that great Türkmen heroes, Muhammet Togrul Beg, Çagry Beg, Alp Arslan, Mälik ªah and Soltan Sanjar, succeeded in becoming the Soltans of the Islamic World with the states they established, their heroism, prudence, and policies. As the Türkmen Nation, we must study these great personalities. Oh Türkmens, be proud of your lineage!

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