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Group: International Association of the Congo
People: Al-Said Barakah
Topic: North Africa, Spanish Conquests in
Location: Maidstone Kent United Kingdom

Seljuq ruler Alp-Arslan had judged himself sufficiently …

Years: 1071 - 1071

Seljuq ruler Alp-Arslan had judged himself sufficiently protected on the Greek side to undertake, at the request of Egyptian rebels, the great anti-Fatimid expedition that had been asked for by the orthodox 'Abbasid caliphate.

Increasingly intolerant of Christians and Jews, he takes Jerusalem from the Fatimids in 1071.