Furthermore, he still had to deal with attacks from the Ghazni Kingdom and the Kara Khanid State in the East, leaving him unable to manage the Seljuk Turks in Anatolia. He therefore sent his cousin, Suleiman, to Anatolia to consolidate his rule. However, things did not go as planned.
Suleiman's father had been killed by Malikshah's father. Harboring resentment, he almost immediately defected to the side of the Seljuk Turks in Anatolia. With their support, Suleiman established an independent Sultanate—the Rum Sultanate.
However, Suleiman's younger brother, Mansur Bey, was angered by his elder brother's tyrannical rule and recently appealed to me for aid.
'Now is the perfect moment. The mistake the Empire made at Manzikert will be rectified... The Empire will rise again in my hands. We will reclaim our lost territories and restore our former glory.
Anatolia will once again become the heart of the Empire, and our enemies will be driven into the remote wilderness.
