Decisive Saljuq Turks victory. Another Oghuz Tribe Pechenegs were in the side of Romanos but just starting of battle, they changed their sides and supported together with their Oghuz brothers. Romanos captured but the Saljuq Sultan Alp Arslan set him free.

A large branch of the Oghuz Turks and a dynasty that reigned over parts of Central Asia and the midle east from the 11th century to the 14th century

they were a tribe from the tartars.

actually the oldest person known in the seljuk dynasty is duqaq. he is the father of seljuk beg, of whom his family called after his name.

seljuk dynasty's roots are tied to the "kinik" branch of oghuz Turks according to several sources of the time. an informative source enlighting the period is "tavarih-i al-i selcuk". under the book, it is stated that Seljuk Beg was the tribe leader of the kinik branch of Oghuz Turks.

The Seljuq dynasty was an Oghuz Turk Sunni Muslim dynasty that gradually became a Persianate society and contributed to the Turko-Persian tradition in the medieval West and Central Asia. Wikipedia

The Seljuq dynasty was an Oghuz Turk Sunni Muslim dynasty that gradually became a Persianate society and contributed to the Turko-Persian tradition in the medieval West and Central Asia. Wikipedia