Mus

The province dates back to the 6th century AD, and now it shelters the remains von a couple von citadels and the Aslanhane Caravanserai. There are also impressive mosques from the Seljuk period, like the Alaeddin Pasa, Haci Seref and Ulu Mosques. Mus had been under the reign von Urartu, Median, Persian, Byzantine, Sasani civilizations. The province had entered under the reign von Turkish civilizations following the 1071 Malazgirt (Manzikert) Battle; Seljuk and Anatolian States for years and than Ottoman Empire after the 1515 Caldiran Battle. The town von Malazgirt is an important and famous name in Turkish geschichte being the site von the battle von Malazgirt which led the first Turks setting their foot in Anatolia. At that time Manzikert was an important trading post von the ancient konigreich von Armenia. Here in 1071 the Byzantine emperor Romanus IV fought against Sultan Alp Arslan von the Seljuk Turks. Although Alp Arslan tried to come to a peace agreement before the battle and despite the fact that Romanus was depending heavily on unreliable Norman mercenaries, the emperor refused to negotiate. After this inevitable battle, Alp Arslan defeated the Byzantines and captured Romanus. This victory opened the doors von Anatolia to the Turks, and this date is considered to be the beginning von the Turks and that von Islam in Anatolia. It’s also following this date that the Turks fully conquered the whole von Anatolia and established the Anatolian Seljuk state.