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We are present, Oh Allah, You have no partner, for You is all praise and blessing!

Oh The Beneficent, The Exalted, The Absolute Forgiver, The Almighty, The Concealer!

I cannot praise You as befits Your glory, Oh Allah.

You are as You have exalted Yourself.

Oh the one who changes hearts...

Oh the One who changes the days and nights...

conceal our shortcomings, forgive our sins.

Purify our hearts.

Grant relief to our hearts.

Resurrect us with the righteous.

Keep us on the path of the sun of the midmorning...

the radiant moon of the dark...

the Imam of the two Qiblahs, the Noble Prophet (PBUH).

Every step we take...

every breath we take is for Your pleasure.

The victories You blessed us with are not our own...

they belong to You.

Oh Allah, protect me from falling into the well of pride.

Everything that I own or will...

don't let me forget that You are the only and real owner of it.

Let my nation whose hearts burn with love for You and Your Messenger (PBUH)...

be the flag-bearers of Islam, Oh Allah.

Allow me to fight in Your cause until my last breath.

Let the nation of Muhammad (PBUH) rejoice with many more victories, oh my Lord.

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EPISODE 28 STARTS AT 00:05:11

ALPARSLAN THE GREAT SELJUKS

EPISODE 28

If you want to defeat a strong enemy like the Seljuks...

the best you can do...

is win the war without having to fight.

For a definite victory without losses, you have to be invisible...

and you must never wield the sword yourself.

Moreover, the one holding the sword in your name...

must think he is fighting for himself.

The Seljuks will never know who their real enemy is in this war...

until the moment they're on their knees.

The Kara-Khanids have a difficult task.

The Alparslan you told me about will never give up on Balkh.

That's exactly what I want, Alexander.

Tiring the Seljuks in this never-ending war...

and keeping them busy with their brothers in the East.

Such that...

they won't have the opportunity to look towards Ani or the Roman Empire.

We cannot leave the fate of the Turks in God's hands, Alexander.

And don't forget...

if you don't give them an enemy to fight...

they will choose their own enemies.

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High positions are achieved after taking on such responsibilities.

Our success there, will take us to the Roman Empire, Alexander. Don't forget.

It'd be good to receive news of the Seljuks' defeat on our first day in Ani, isn't it?

Of course, father.

Let's go then.

Welcome, Dear Governor. Welcome too, sir.

- Gather the people in the square. - As you command, Dear Governor.

Hold on!

Arslan Yusuf and his father, Ali Tegin...

fought many times with Alparslan's father and uncles...

before they rebelled against their dynasty.

In their last war, Arslan Yusuf...

killed Ibrahim Yınal's father, Yusuf Yınal.

I waited for this day for years!

Now, you will pay for killing my father, Arslan Yusuf!

Now, if he wants to repossess Balkh that he lost to the Seljuks ...

then he must defeat Alparslan.

Today is the last day the sun rises for you.

Arslan Yusuf!

Even if you go to hell, I'll find you, Arslan Yusuf!

His blood is lawful to me, Alparslan!

Alparslan!

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Alparslan Bey! Alparslan Bey, I surrender!

You value your life more than your honour.

That suits you.

Alparslan!

I said his blood is lawful to me!

Yınal Bey, he surrendered. Not now.

His time is up. Get out of my way!

Yınal Bey, the Sultan will give his verdict, not us.

Don't think you're saved. Consider your breaths numbered.

Control your anger, let the verdict be given...

we will surely behead him.

ANI CASTLE

The road that leads to Rome...

passes through Ani!

For that reason, Ani is the heart of the Roman Empire.

Nobody should forget that.

Now there's no room for error or weakness.

Kekavmenos lost Vaspurakan.

May God have mercy on him.

But, I am the hope of the Roman Empire!

And I...

never promise something I can't provide!

Very soon, we will take back Vaspurakan!

And Vaspurakan will belong to the Christians forever!

Long live the Roman Empire! Long live the Great Kaiser!

Long live the Roman Empire! Long live the Great Kaiser!

VASPURAKAN

It's being woven like a carpet.

That's right, Akınay Hatun.

Valiants conquer lands and make them homelands...

and we knit what is laid on the ground...

and what rises to the sky with our prayers.

May your victory last forever, my Bey! Long live Alparslan Bey!

Get his wounds tended to and treated.

It hasn't been long since you conquered Vaspurakan...

another conquest came and you returned victorious from it too.

Praise be to Allah.

Praise be to Allah.

May our victory be blessed, my Bey.

Thank you, mother. We fight and Allah grants victory.

Is there any news from my Atabey?

What of the caravans?

The route of the caravans coming from China and India has changed.

That's the only news we received.

Okay.

Bring him.

That's Arslan Yusuf, son of Ali Tegin.

Yınal Bey...

you stay.

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Arslan Yusuf, son of Ali Tegin.

While you could've given your life on the battlefield with what remained of your honour...

you preferred captivity.

Now, are you a Turk?

The purest of Turks.

Don't think you're safe just because you surrendered.

You only bought yourself some time until the Sultan gives his verdict.

While you fear death so much...

how did you dare to conquer Balkh, the land of the Seljuks?

What and who did you rely on?

A thousand times more than that is waiting for you inside chests.

If everything goes as planned, of course.

If you add Balkh, which belongs to the Seljuks, to your lands...

you will gain independence from your own dynasty you rebelled against.

Besides, you'll be closer to my lands.

I will support you commercially.

I'll open the roads for your caravans

to the Surmari Trading Market, one of the biggest markets in the East.

Your independence will be reinforced.

That would be good for me too.

Caravans coming to me will pass through your lands safely.

You can't estimate the price of the power and benefits you'll achieve...

with my power, Governor.

Magnificent.

Magnificent.

I've come a long way over many years.

I've never relied on anyone but myself, Alparslan Bey.

And I won't.

Balkh is our right more than the Seljuks'.

You should've surrendered that place to us yourself.

But you don't know what debt and loyalty mean.

I had to remind you myself.

What debt are you talking about, you rebel?

Do you think you'd have lived this long if wasn't for us and the Kınık soldiers?

When your father, Ali Tegin escaped captivity and rebelled against his own dynasty...

he had no soldiers or army of his own.

When you were fighting against the Ghaznavids...

who shielded you with their lives?

Wasn't it us?

Did you do all that without getting anything in return?

When your tribe had no homeland...

and we're dreaming of establishing a great state...

while everyone was chasing you away from their lands...

didn't we give you a homeland, huh?

Didn't we give you pastures? Tell me!

If you aren't old enough to know these things...

go and ask your father and your uncle, the Sultan.

You saw what I'm capable of for my age on the battlefield.

Just as you put your sword down and surrendered, put that tongue of yours down now!

Don't waste your numbered breaths.

My Bey! Hasan Bey...

we finally found him.

Afşin, Avar!

Put him in the dungeons.

Keep him there until the Sultan gives his verdict.

There is no power and might except with Allah, the Most High, the Most Great.

There is no power and might except with Allah, the Most High, the Most Great.

There is no god but Allah...

and there is no power and might except with Allah.

There is no god but Allah.

There is no god but Allah.

Only Allah.

There is no power and might except with Allah, the Most High, the Most Great.

Aybike.

My daughter.

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Karabey.

He needs to rest, my Bey.

So I gave him something to calm him.

Besides that, I treated his wound with tar.

He will recover soon, In Sha Allah.

Eyvallah.

You're wounded...

I'm wounded.

What will become of our painful situation, huh, Karabey?

Now we're on our own.

You should know, there is no Akça who can heal you or me.

For that reason, be strong.

Stay with me.

If I lose you too...

Get up as soon as possible.

Alright, Karabey, my brave boy?

As soon as possible.

SURMARI TRADING MARKET

Trade is our greatest weapon.

And this market is our lifeblood.

Trade keeps Ani running.

The stronger Ani is...

the safer Rome is.

This place you see isn't just a trading market...

this is a castle we must defend against the enemy at the cost of our lives when necessary.

I'm certain this place is the Seljuks' target after Vaspurakan.

Definitely.

That's why I can't just put any soldier in charge of the Surmari Market.

You are in charge of this place, Alexander.

Have no doubt, I'll fulfil my duty properly, father.

My Bey, it's here.

You stay.

May the peace and mercy of Allah be upon you.

May the peace and mercy of Allah be upon you.

Atabey.

You once said that the greatest reward is making a heart rejoice.

And the greatest sin is to break a heart.

While I wanted to make you heart rejoice...

I made your heart quiver out of grief instead.

My sin is big and my pain is deep.

I'm really sorry.

Please look at me.

Look at my eyes.

Don't you see one's essence when you look them in the eyes?

I lost one, don't make me lose another, Atabey.

You did it.

You did everything.

You knowingly hid the truth from me.

You saw the greatness of my pain...

yet you didn't tell me that secret...

and made me burn in that fire.

In this mortal world, I lost my daughter once...

the reason I lost her again...

was you too.

I was going to tell you.

I said we shouldn't hide this secret, but she said she had made an oath.

She said she would tell you when the time comes...

and then we'd have our wedding ceremony.

When I heard that you were both inside...

I couldn't bear it.

When I broke the doors and saw you fighting back to back...

I rejoiced as if I'd received glad tidings of Heaven.

How could I have known this is how it'd end up?

Is anyone questioning you why it ended up the way it did?

We were in the battlefield.

The field where martyrdom is granted.

We weren't granted it...

my daughter was granted it.

I'm not talking about the end, I'm questioning you about the start.

I'm questioning you about not being able to smell her...

and embrace her while she was right under my nose.

You can question me, Atabey.

It's your right.

Here is my head and my neck.

I will accept your judgement.

But show me a way out.

What can I question anyone for?

The one I couldn't harm gave her life in my arms.

As if that wasn't enough, her own father considers me the enemy.

Show me a way out.

Don't do this.

You've secluded long enough.

Come back now.

Come back...

and let's revive Vaspurakan...

for which your daughter and my beloved, Aybike gave her life...

and let her soul rest in peace.

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VASPURAKAN

My father's killer was right by my side.

But I couldn't sever his head!

Alparslan, who never listens to orders when he acts independently...

isn't doing anything without a given order now!

Brother...

you're getting heated up again.

- Calm down first. - Erbaskan.

instead of taking revenge for your father, are you telling me to calm down?

- Aren't you bothered by this at all? - Brother, look...

My Bey...

Çağrı Bey, Mother Selcan and Gevher Hatun are here.

They set off as soon as they received the good tidings of victory.

He is my father as he is yours.

And he was Sultan Tuğrul's uncle.

The verdict will surely be given.

You think whatever they do is right...

is that right, Erbaskan?

Your love for that girl Gevher has made you blind.

- Brother! - Say its a lie.

You act like their slave because you're afraid they won't give you Gevher if you step out of line.

My brother, Prince Erbaskan, son of Yınal...

has become their slave over a girl.

He's waiting for an order to take his father's revenge.

Damn you!

The symbol of the Turks...

If we aren't in our tents where we see the sky when we look up...

we adorn the four walls around us with the blue colour of the sky.

The blue colour of the sky isn't missing...

neither is the star of the Seljuks.

It's very beautiful.

It seems Alparslan will colour every corner of Vaspurakan with the Seljuk seal.

Welcome.

Welcome, son.

Welcome, son.

May your victory be blessed.

Eyvallah, father.

Go ahead, sit down.

Allah likes to see the effects of His blessings on His servants, Alparslan.

The victory and the seat you sit on are His blessings.

The owner should sit on it so we can look on and be proud.

Eyvallah.

I know where you came from. They told us.

I hope it's good news.

What is Hasan Bey's situation?

He is fine, praise be to Allah.

But no matter what I said, I couldn't convince him to come back.

Aren't our hearts subject to Allah's will?

Allah will change his heart for him to come back.

Praise be to Allah, we know where he is.

Praise be to Allah.

While Arslan Yusuf, son of Ali Tegin has been quiet for a long time...

him challenging us now...

means there must be something behind this.

When he does not get what he wants and is defeated...

it will be a lesson to those he thinks are cooperating with him.

Then they'll take their steps more carefully.

The messenger brought it now from Baghdad from our Sultan.

This is the decree with the verdict of the prisoner.

And this note is specifically sent for you from our Sultan.

As you know, Arslan Yusuf, whom you took as a prisoner, is of Kara-Khanid blood.

No matter how rebellious he may be against his own dynasty like his father...

I saw it beneficial to consult...

the Kara-Khanid Khan, Tamgaç Han Ibrahim on the verdict to be given.

He sought forgiveness for Arslan Yusuf's wrongdoings.

He mentioned that his heedless actions would cause problems for him and the Kara-Khanids...

and apologised.

As a result of our consultation...

to ensure long lasting peace between two Muslim states...

it has been decided that Arslan Yusuf's life will be spared...

and to strengthen this peace...

What is it, Atsız? Read it.

It has been decided that Prince Alparslan...

and Arslan Yusuf's daughter, Seferiye Hatun...

will get married.

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Seferiye.

Gülce, look, your sister is coming.

Is father back from his campaign, sister?

Not yet, Gülce.

But he will be back.

I picked these for...

- ...for father. - Okay. Okay, Gülce.

Bring water quickly!

Okay.

What happened?

This place would always make her feel better.

Did you walk too much? Did you make her run?

Why is Gülce's breathing difficult again, Zeren?

No, Seferiye...

I promise, she just got up from bed.

But she's been like this recently.

Are you better?

Breathe through your nose, Gülce.

Yes, like that.

Well done. Stay calm.

Seferiye Hatun.

Are you feeling better, Gülce?

- Now tell me. - You need to return to the Palace now.

The news isn't good.

What happened?

Or...

is my father...?

Our army was defeated.

Your father, our Emir, Arslan Yusuf...

fell captive in Prince Alparslan's hands.

Tell your commander right away...

to mobilise the units that didn't go to the campaign.

My nephew, if I wasn't in Baghdad...

I would've come to Vaspurakan and said this face to face.

You conquered Vaspurakan...

by paying a heavy price.

Now, the price you will pay for peace...

will seem heavier than that, I know.

I also know where you've buried your heart.

People like us have difficult tests, Alparslan.

Allah the Almighty chooses some people.

Those He chooses, in order to make them stronger...

just as we do to iron...

He puts them in the fire, then into the water...

He forges them and moulds them...

and repeats the process.

But in the end, the chosen one...

will become like steel, such that neither fire nor water or air can affect.

He becomes a man of steel.

Alparslan, even if this marriage seems bad to you now...

have no doubt that there is much good hidden within.

Just as you drink bitter herbs for healing...

for the peace and for the state...

to become more powerful and march towards your real goal, Anatolia...

you need to swallow this pain without frowning, my nephew.

Don't forget, when the intention is good, the outcome will be good.

My brave soldiers...

the right of my father and grandfather...

was taken from them under the rule of the Kara-Khanid state...

by our own dynasty, as if that wasn't enough...

those who begged to us for a homeland...

are now sending armies against us.

We didn't even bow to those from our own dynasty who took our rights.

Now, will we let the Seljuks get away with what they did?

I promise, we won't!

We will go together...

to save my father, the real heir to the Kara-Khanid throne...

from captivity.

We will go and challenge fear and death!

Long live Arslan Yusuf! Long live Seferiye Hatun!

- Seferiye, I need to tell you... - If you've come to stop me, save it.

I'll set out tonight to save my father from that cruel Alparslan.

- Have a look at this first. - What is this?

Tamgaç Han Ibrahim's decree.

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VASPURAKAN

This is not good, father.

While Alparslan is suffering such a great heartache...

how will he marry a woman he doesn't love?

Is that even right?

While his love and mourning for Akça is still fresh in his heart...

Alparslan will never consent to this.

What's in the heart, stays in the heart, son.

His pain is still fresh.

That's right, but...

he can't be mourning forever.

I hope Alparslan will understand...

how important this difficult task is for our state.

My brother would give his life for his state without batting an eye.

But this is different.

Most of the time, giving one's life is the easiest thing, Süleyman.

For this reason, the devoted ones are tested sometimes with more difficult tests.

- Why are you here still? - Brother.

We were worried about you, son.

It's difficult...

- ...it's very difficult, but... - Necessary.

It is clear that what is difficult for me will help us all in many matters, father.

Akça's passing has shaken us all, Alparslan.

She is a martyr.

And martyrs are alive.

She wouldn't want you to be upset either.

It's certain that nobody can fill her place in your heart.

But, you need children who will inherit your name and throne, son.

This marriage will turn the hostility between the Kara-Khanids and the Seljuks...

into an alliance and will be a means to continue your lineage.

Allah granted you these lands, son.

And I believe He will give you more than that including Anatolia, In Sha Allah.

Then, your sons will carry our flag further than the places you set your eyes on.

To reach Anatolia and the places you mentioned...

I need to give up on my dear ones, not my life.

I understand.

Whatever my responsibility...

I will fulfil it.

BUKHARA, ARSLAN YUSUF'S PALACE

Leave it!

There's no need for anything.

I won't stay long in Vaspurakan.

I will take my father and come back right away.

Get out, all of you!

Seferiye, come to your senses already, please.

I am really upset too.

But the Sultans have already decided. What can we do?

I don't care about the decree or the agreement.

I hate the Seljuks as much as I hate the Byzantines.

I will destroy that castle over their heads, but I will never marry that Prince Alparslan.

If you do not consent to it...

they will kill your father.

I'm not going to risk my father's life breaking the agreement, of course.

I told you...

I will rescue my father and come back.

Seferiye, it's not possible.

How will you do that?

If Alparslan breaks the agreement instead of me...

it's possible.

Stop defending make your move!

We aren't father and son right now. We are two enemies

If you don't want to die, you have to kill!

Nice. Well done.

Your technique proves you are the son of Grigor Gronos, Alexander.

Well done.

Alparslan will get married to Arslan Yusuf's daughter.

Yes.

Are we just going to sit and watch?

Don't forget this...

the greatest victory is the one you gain without bloodied hands.

This marriage will benefit us the most, Alexander.

They're taking their enemy amongst them.

Aren't we holding the leash of their enemy who will be their family?

We will cut their breath off when the time comes.

If you lose your attention for even a moment...

you will lose your life.

Again!

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The wheel of fate keeps on spinning...

and the subjects become rulers, huh?

Is that right, Çağrı Bey?

If the verdict has been given, there's no need to wait.

Cut off the blessed...

of Arslan Yusuf, son of Ali Tegin, whom you once served...

and he showed you the way and be done with it.

We only serve...

our people.

The path and the tracks belong to them.

How dare you think you made us rulers and not them?

Your son is just like you.

The mountains are great, but he thinks he is greater.

How ironic...

you and your daughter will live under the shadow of the one...

who is greater than the mountains.

The verdict given is for peace between two Muslim states.

No other reason...

could convince me to let your blood...

mix with ours...

Arslan Yusuf.

Valiants!

Alparslan Bey will arrive shortly.

I never lose, Alparslan Bey.

Never.

I'll kill you.

Are you disregarding your Sultan's order, Yınal Bey?

I will tear you apart!

Do you think you can hide behind Alparslan and save yourself?

I will kill you.

Yınal Bey!

What are you doing?

Move out of my way, Alparslan! I won't let him go again.

I told you not to let him live, no matter what!

Didn't you hear me? Move!

Enough, Yınal Bey!

Don't you hear the verdict of the Sultan?

Allah is my witness, I want to kill you more than Yınal Bey does.

But...

Are you trying to kill your father-in-law, Alparslan Bey?

If you want that head to stay where it is, control your tongue first!

And you will stay away from Yınal Bey.

How can you marry this snake-tongued man's daughter?

Don't you know what he's done?

I do, but I also know that our Sultan knows better than us.

The decree is his.

I will kill him and run to Baghdad...

and explain to the Sultan why I did what!

Don't get in my way!

Yınal Bey, it is for peace.

It's for the state.

It is so that we can march to Anatolia without an enemy behind us.

Why don't you understand?

Let it be for peace! Don't teach me what's necessary for the state!

We can find another way with the same outcome.

I won't let peace be established over my father's blood!

Calm down a moment.

- Your voice is shaking the earth. - Enough, Erbaskan.

The degenerate who killed our father will be a co-in-law...

and you'll celebrate with them in the ceremony...

is that so?

Let them celebrate, brother.

It also bears down on me to have a ceremony over our father's blood.

Erbaskan!

It seems there's no way to make the sons of Yınal understand.

But the Sultan's decree is clear.

This decree doesn't ease our pain, Alparslan Bey.

Mikail's son will pass verdicts...

but you will sacrifice the Yınals, is that right?

Who do you mean, Ibrahim?

You...

if you're of Seljuk lineage...

My father is a son of Seljuk.

Isn't your father our uncle?

Who are you calling to account and for what?

Was my uncle the only person we lost that day?

Didn't we lose many people?

Me and my brother Tuğrul...

when Alp Kara, who was sent by Ali Tegin, attacked us suddenly...

didn't we make him pay?

You cut his tail, but his head is still alive.

Why is Arslan Yusuf, who killed my father, still alive, brother?

For many years, I tried to march towards Arslan Yusuf many times.

You prevented me. You told me to stop, and I did.

You told me to wait.

I waited. What did you do?

You stopped me from killing Arslan Yusuf, who killed your uncle...

that wasn't enough, now you're taking his daughter as a bride.

Is that right, Çağrı Bey?

Ibrahim!

Don't you know what the Sultan's verdict means?

Çağrı Bey who defied the Sultan's order and went to Ghazni is telling me!

Maybe because you're too old, but you don't hear what you're telling us...

Çağrı Bey.

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BUKHARA, ARSLAN YUSUF'S PALACE

The maids let it slip out.

She's been like this since she heard it.

Your absence will only make her illness worse.

Don't cry.

Don't shed the pearls of your eyes, my beautiful.

But I can't sleep if you don't tell me a tale.

I'll go and come back right away, I promise.

Is Vaspurakan too far? Can I come with you?

No, Gülce.

This is our home, where we belong.

If you pluck a flower from the earth, it wilts.

We won't be able to breath there.

My father isn't here, you won't be here...

what will I do here on my own?

Don't do this.

I'll take our father and come back quickly.

- Promise? - Of course, I promise.

I promise.

Besides, you won't be alone here.

Gökçe will be here and Aydilge.

The whole Palace is at your service.

Come on.

Gift your sister your most beautiful smile and bid her farewell.

I won't smile until you come back.

Never.

I'll come back.

Then I'll tell you the most beautiful tales.

Those tales where all the evil ones are finally dealt with.

Atabey, give water!

Alparslan.

Atabey, give water!

- Alparslan! - Atabey!

Atabey, help!

Atabey, give water!

Atabey, help!

- Atabey, give water! - Alparslan.

- Atabey, help! - Father, help!

- My daughter. - Father!

Aybike!

- Father, help! Father! - Atabey, give water!

Atabey!

Atabey, give water!

Father!

- Atabey, help! - Father, help!

Father!

Atabey, give water!

- Atabey! - Father, help!

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VASPURAKAN

It seems we'll need more coins than we estimated for the building, Alparslan Bey.

Whatever you need, you will get it.

With Allah's will, when we take Surmari Market, the heart of the Byzantines...

we will gain enough to build not one, but a thousand cities.

As we gain, the infidels will lose, In Sha Allah.

Battle through trade is more important than battling with swords.

The caravans we're expecting from far lands must have entered the lands of Ani.

With the plan we set up, our valiant brothers...

will put the Byzantines in a difficult situation and make us prosperous.

Ya Allah!

Your goods are ours now.

Your lives are spared.

Take the carts.

We're leaving, come on!

The tradesmen who lose their goods will go to the Byzantines to seek compensation.

When they can't get it from the infidels, they will come to us.

This war we will enter, we don't need swords and shields...

we need politics.

Since you don't need swords...

but politics...

for that, you'll first need wisdom...

and knowledge.

Show us, where should we build the school?

Welcome, Atabey.

Thank you, my Bey.

I analysed the records of the traders who bring goods to the market.

We are in a very good position.

But if we want to be stronger...

we must attract more traders to the Market, father.

We need all the traders who travel the world, Alexander.

All of them.

And if we want to take back Vaspurakan...

we have to allow the current owners of Vaspurakan join them.

Are you sure Alparslan will accept our offer?

No...

I am sure he won't.

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Seferiye!

Seferiye, come to the cart now.

Have some rest.

Until this agreement isn't broken, resting and sleeping are forbidden to me.

I told you...

my only reason for going is to make Alparslan give up on this marriage.

In Sha Allah. May Allah help us.

Someone is coming, Seferiye Hatun.

Halt!

Who the hell are you? What do you want?

Give us Seferiye Hatun and we'll spare your lives.

Think about your own lives first!

Come out! Come on!

Quick!

Get out!

We need to take you alive.

But if you resist, all the Hatuns will die.

Praise be to the One who let us reunite and sit together again.

Praise be to the One who gives and takes...

separates and then reunites...

and tests with longing

Alparslan Bey...

we were both tested with the same thing.

Our hearts were burned with the same fire.

But now, you are being tested once again.

May Allah make you resilient...

and keep your heart at ease.

May it be blessed for the Great Seljuk state.

Aameen, Atabey. Aameen.

- Aameen. - Aameen.

My Bey, Governor Grigor of Ani and his son Alexander have come.

They would like to see you.

Because of Kekavmenos' incompetence, these lands that were ours for centuries...

we now have to seek permission to enter them.

- It's hard to accept. - We won't accept it, Alexander.

Very soon, everything will change.

Only you will enter, your soldiers will wait outside.

My son will come with me.

The rest can wait.

What a shame.

Who knows what they'll do to the city that was built with great Roman taste?

Jesus Christ.

Your swords.

Grigor, governor of Ani.

Alparslan Bey.

Although it still looks Roman from outside, Vaspurakan...

has started to take on Seljuk colours on the inside.

What makes me wonder...

is you Turks who migrate and don't stay in a place too long...

you're so sure that you'll stay here long.

You have misunderstood our nomadic lifestyle, governor.

I want to talk to you about it some time.

But since you brought it up...

let me tell you.

I don't intend to stay here long.

But when the time comes...

have no doubt I'll settle in Ani for a very long time.

Ani?

What brings you to the Great Seljuk lands?

I heard you will get married soon.

Congratulations.

This marriage will undoubtedly be a greatly beneficial alliance...

for the Kara-Khanids and the Seljuks.

But this must be hard for Yınal Bey.

- Because Arslan Yusuf killed... - Governor!

Get to the point.

Firstly, I recommend you don't confuse me with Kekavmenos.

After his son's death, may God forgive his sins...

I heard he went crazy and made mistakes upon mistakes.

In the end...

he lost Vaspurakan too.

Do you think you lost Vaspurakan because Kekavmenos went crazy?

You know what they say, Alparslan Bey.

Yesterday is history...

tomorrow is a mystery...

and today is a gift.

And I came here today to discuss a very important matter with you.

What is this important matter?

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- She's escaping! Run, hurry! - Catch her!

- Catch her! Don't lose her! - Run, hurry!

- Come on, faster! - Run, come on!

Don't stop! Run!

- Don't lose her! - Run, hurry!

- Faster! - Faster, get her!

- Run, run! Don't lose her! - Get her! Stop her!

In my opinion, the foundation for political relations is trade.

As your Prophet Muhammad said...

- Peace be upon him. - Peace be upon him.

...nine tenths of sustenance is in trade.

That is why, I think you give importance to commercial relations.

I intend to keep our relations on this foundation.

What we need is trade based on mutual agreement.

In that case, I have no doubt you will agree, Alparslan Bey.

Because I'm sure the people you've taken under your wings have great expectations from you.

The only way to meet their expectations is money.

This is what I want to offer you.

In Mosul, which is in Yınal Bey's jurisdiction, there are enough iron ores for both states.

I would like to buy a large amount of steel from you.

Since you know our Prophet's (PBUH) advice very well...

you should know that Turks do not sell horses and steel to Non-Muslims.

Yes.

That's why I am ready to pay more than the value of the steel.

As you know, trading is what we do.

Mission accomplished. Batur Bey and the Alps are back.

I am not talking about our steel's worth...

neither am I talking about what you're ready to pay, governor

Our fathers and our children...

our brothers, our womenfolk and our people...

our goods, our property and our trade...

aren't more important than Allah and His Messenger (PBUH) and fighting in His path.

We will not, with our own hands, arm the very infidels we will march upon.

Go and buy your steel from somewhere else.

Very well.

But don't forget this, Alparslan Bey...

we'll surely find somewhere else to buy steel...

but you will not find anyone who will pay for the steel...

as much as we are willing to.

My Bey.

There is an important matter.

My Bey, Seferiye Hatun and those with her were ambushed.

They kidnapped Seferiye Hatun.

Those who were with her have come to the castle.

Who kidnapped her? Did they say anything?

Bandits.

There were 15 or 16 of them. They killed all our soldiers.

They said they need Seferiye Hatun alive.

My Bey, the bandits attacked the soldiers and let the women go.

They forcefully took Seferiye Hatun with them.

Prepare the horses.

Let me come with you.

You're not going anywhere.

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Let's go.

I hope you reunite with your daughter soon.

It seems there are people who want to prevent the alliance with the Kara-Khanids...

and cause problems between us, my Bey.

Who would dare to do this and for what other reason?

Those who benefit from this have done this.

It will be revealed surely.

Let's find the Hatun first. There's no time.

It's this way. Come on.

If we want to hurt Alparslan unexpectedly, this marriage must happen.

I hope they find the girl.

I heard that Alparslan is really good at tracking.

He will definitely find the girl.

I saw Yınal's face when Alparslan refused your offer.

You were right.

He really doesn't like Alparslan.

Alparslan doesn't like him either.

If everything goes as planned...

Alparslan will not only fight the Kara-Khanids...

he will also have to fight the Yınals.

Look, Alexander...

if you want to defeat your enemy...

you must attack from the inside too.

You must.

I finally got what I longed for for years, brother.

Our father's blood united us again.

Thank you for supporting me and not leaving me alone, Erbaskan.

We fell apart many times.

We even fought.

But this is different.

Until they do what we say...

my place is by your side, brother.

Eyvallah.

They will...

they will certainly do as we say.

I am the daughter of Arslan Yusuf of the Kara-Khanids.

You know my name but you don't know who I am it seems.

I can give you more money than your master will if you release me.

Save your breath, Hatun.

I swear I will behead you all including your master!

Come on, walk!

SURMARI TRADING MARKET I gave you a unit of soldiers to protect you...

and your goods, now you want me to compensate your looted goods?

Have you lost your minds?

Who would accept such a thing?

While our trade has benefitted Ani and even the Roman Empire for many years...

will you leave us empty-handed now?

If my soldiers are dead and your goods are looted, we aren't responsible for that.

No goods, no money.

- That won't do. - We want compensation.

Enough!

We haven't given anyone compensation for looted goods until today...

and it won't be given from here on.

If your goods were plundered, my soldiers died protecting you!

This is not fair at all.

If you don't give us insurance, we won't have a reason to bring our caravans here...

and sell our goods at Surmari Market.

This is the gate to the Roman Empire, if you want to trade in these lands...

you will come again.

You have no other choice.

- We need a solution. - A good solution.

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She's escaped!

You can only take my life now.

Nobody can dare to take me captive!

Who planned this?

Speak.

I know how to make you speak.

What are you waiting for? Untie my hands.

It seems my people reached the castle and informed you.

That's right, Seferiye Hatun.

Come on, to the castle.

You too.

ANI CASTLE

It's great that you saw through the bluff of those poor traders, Alexander.

They can't threaten us with ending the trade.

They have nobody but us to go to.

But...

the simultaneous looting of trade caravans on different routes...

that...

isn't something a few bandits would be brave enough to plan and attempt.

There must another intelligence behind this.

A different plan.

But what?

Damn it.

Why is nobody listening to me?

I'm saying don't take me to the castle.

It seems you are the Head of these Alps.

Listen to me, you're taking me to worse than the captivity you saved me from.

Do as I say, don't take me to Alparslan.

Save my father from Alparslan.

Don't worry about what will happen.

My father, Arslan Yusuf Bey will give you protection.

He'll make you his soldiers.

You'll live in prosperity.

What kind of person are you? Don't you hear me?

Answer me!

You're this loyal to your Bey?

Do you think he deserves your loyalty?

He's just an arrogant and merciless man who has his eyes on the throne.

You'd be foolish not to accept my offer.

You think about your Bey, Alparslan, more than yourself.

But I'm certain he doesn't even care about you or these Alps.

I'm saying it one last time, do as I say.

Go and check the preparations in the square.

God damn it.

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Alparslan Bey.

You saved my daughter's life, thank you.

You...

My daughter.

Praise be to Allah. Are you alright?

Nobody harmed you, right?

I'm fine, father.

Who did this treachery, son?

Who was this degenerate working for?

We will find out now.

In fact, how are you? Tell me.

I'll save both of us from this he'll, don't worry.

Welcome, dear.

You avoided a big calamity, praise be to Allah nothing happened to you.

Praise be to Allah.

We prepared your room, you must need to rest, but...

- ...if you want to eat something first... - No need.

Speak or I'll make sure you can't speak again.

Look, I will crush you. Who sent you?

Who made you do it? Speak!

I made him do it.

Let him go.

Put him in the dungeon, all of you, leave.

Have you lost your mind, Yınal Bey?

No, my mind is completely intact.

I know well why I did what.

How can you do such a thing?

How can you capture the woman I wil marry? How impertinent!

Am I the impertinent one or you?

This marriage will not happen.

Don't flare my anger with your tongue, as if you haven't done enough already.

You're my uncle, don't make me go against our laws.

It seems you can't wait to get married to her, my nephew.

You quickly forgot the death of Akça Hatun...

and want to marry the daughter of my father's killer!

Get out of my sight!

Are you going to punch me?

Get out of my sight!

Stop!

Nobody comes close!

I said stop!

If your swords can't stay in their sheaths, go and fight the infidels!

Your son, Alparslan is drawing his sword against his uncle...

who didn't let the infidels use our swords, not against Arslan Yusuf.

Brother, let's go.

I offered him money like a fool!

He made fun of me by not telling me who he was.

He humiliated me.

How arrogant!

You know how to deal with his arrogance.

Then I will be at ease too.

We won't stay captives in the lands of the Seljuks who took my parents from me.

I consider you my sister and your pain is my pain.

Don't worry.

Alparslan will curse the day he met me.

I'll leave you alone.

My beautiful daughter...

I thought you knew the customs and I trusted you, but...

I was wrong.

What you did to Selcan Hatun and Gevher Hatun, is that acceptable?

One them will soon be your mother-in-law...

- the other will be your sister-in-law. - Never!

What you said will never happen!

What will happen to my sister, Gülce?

Huh, father.

She is getting worser by the day.

She can't breathe anywhere anymore.

We belong in Bukhara.

I left my rose-faced behind in tears.

But you seem quite pleased to have me married to the enemy.

Seferiye, I didn't make the decision.

Sultan Tuğrul and Tamgaç Han Ibrahim did.

If we don't obey the command...

there won't be peace.

Who cares about peace with the Seljuks, father?

What else do you want, Seferiye?

Do you want them to behead me?

If you do not marry Alparslan, they'll kill me.

Or is that what you want, Seferiye, huh?

If you marry him, you'll save me from Tamgaç Han's wrath...

and you'll give me a chance to take my revenge on the Seljuks.

You cannot break this agreement.

If I can't break it...

then I'll have it broken.

Didn't you hear me, Seferiye?

Forget whatever is in your mind!

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There was an important matter, that's why we kept you waiting.

I heard what happened to you.

I'm sorry for your loss.

People who earned from the goods you traded...

didn't help you in your difficult time...

and that must've upset you.

Leave that aside.

They almost claimed we owed them saying their own soldiers were killed protecting us.

Which of you comes from where?

Us two are coming from Syr Darya.

- I am coming from Hotan. - And I'm coming from Yemen.

How many places did you stop by in the Seljuk lands before you got here?

How many military quarters did you stay in?

Four or five.

Did anyone demand anything from you in those three days?

No.

Well...

During your days in the Seljuk lands, did you see any bandits...

trying to steal your goods and take ransom from you?

No, we didn't.

If such an incident occurred in our lands...

do you know what would've happened?

All your damages and losses...

would be compensated by the Seljuks.

If you turn your caravans from Ani towards Vaspurakan...

and bring your goods here...

both your lives and goods will be under the protection of the Seljuk State.

How?

Just because we lose our goods in your lands...

you will pay us?

You've got it right.

What you just said is a principle for us.

Honestly, this is an offer which is hard for us to belive.

We want to discuss it among ourselves.

Let us host you.

If you anything to ask us about...

our doors are always open.

I almost didn't recognise you, Rıza.

You've started to look like them as you stayed with them.

It's been a long time.

When I got your message, I set out immediately.

Your plan worked. Your effort is much appreciated.

Thank you, Razen Efendi.

I was afraid Governor Grigor and his son, Alexander would compensate them....

then it'd be impossible to bring them here.

This is just the beginning. Continue to do your duty.

- Go on. Don't keep them waiting. - Eyvallah, my Bey.

ANI CASTLE

Yınal Bey, welcome.

Thank you, Governor Grigor.

To be honest, I'm curious, what brings you here?

The steel trade you wanted.

Yes.

But I thought we discussed everything. Alparslan Bey...

You talked to the wrong person.

Is that right?

Okay.

Then let's talk. After all, I care about the steel, not who's selling.

I will give you the steel you want.

I have enough mines in Mosul under my authority.

But on one condition.

What is your condition?

No one will know about this.

For now.

And...

I want double the amount you offered.

Yınal Bey.

Very well, accepted.

- My lord. - Speak.

The tradesmen whose caravans were looted, made a deal with Alparslan.

They decided to take their goods to Vaspurakan, not here.

I should have guessed.

I should have guessed!

Alparslan!

Alparslan raided the caravans!

I don't know how you're so sure Alparslan raided those caravans?

But...

you don't need to worry.

Alparslan can only stop a few poor people.

He can't stop me.

Because the Road is mine.

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Who are you? Will you tell the truth?

We told you, we're not spies!

I said who are you?

We're Greek soldiers.

Long live Kaiser! Long live the Holy Roman Empire!

We've succeeded in the difficult part of the plan, praise be to Allah.

When Razen and those with him tell our trade guarantee to others...

our job will be easy.

This will be a good response to that governor who tried to buy steel from Turks.

With the method of guarantee you came up with...

you sowed the seeds of the plan, Atabey.

Not at all.

The tree that will sprout from that seed...

will gather tradesmen from around the world under its shadow.

And it will set an example for all states.

In Sha Allah, my Bey. In Sha Allah.

Don't look at me like that, Erbaskan.

The sin of Alparslan, who takes Arslan Yusuf's daughter as his wife, is greater than mine.

Come on, hurry.

Be quick!

Batius!

Yes, captain.

Those tradesmen who stabbed us in the back...

we will not give their goods back.

And their money of course.

As you command, captain.

Alexander.

Is there something I should know?

No, father.

Yınal Bey.

He couldn't have changed his mind, right, father?

He will come, Alexander.

He will definitely come. I'm sure of it.

They're coming!

Honourable Governor.

The caravan you were waiting for has come, my lord.

Let them in immediately.

Alparslan will understand that one Ibrahim Yınal is equal to a thousand tradesmen.

He will see more than that.

This price is enough for him for now.

Alparslan!

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Erbaskan, your brother, Yınal is not in a good state.

That's right.

He doesn't understand that the situation is worse for me.

Now, you know what's in my heart...

and I know yours.

I will have some requests from you.

Go ahead.

Take your brother's side.

Earn his trust and be by his side.

Let us know of whatever he does.

I understand.

The steel was hidden in cloth.

We're setting off in the morning.

What is your route?

Yınal Bey knows a path no one knows of.

A path that we cannot find unless he tells us himself

What is it, Yınal Bey? Where are you going?

Will Yınal Bey tell you every time he takes a caravan?

Those cloths cover the steel...

what will cover your shame?

If the Turks' blood will be spilled...

who benefits from this trade?

This caravan will not take one more step from here.

Damn it.

I told you to buy your steel elsewhere.

Now, your cloths are on the cart.

Yınal Bey has prepared the most precious and rare of Neyshabur, Crimea and Mosul.

I don't know what price he put on them...

talk to Yınal Bey about that.

How dare he?

How insolent!

No one other than us knew the route.

Where did Alparslan find out that he managed to stop us?

Brother, all I know is Alparslan will be more mad at you because of this.

If I am Ibrahim Yınal, son of Yusuf Yınal, I will make Alparslan pay for this!

How?

I know what I'm going to do.

I know.

Isn't that Seferiye Hatun?

Yes it is.

What is it? Why did you block my way?

So that no one else could.

What are you doing here on your own?

Can't you see? I came out to wander.

I'm tired of staying in that castle.

How can you be so reckless after what happened?

Return to the castle. Quick.

I'm not going anywhere.

Seferiye Hatun.

Don't test my patience, get on that horse.

You can't give me orders.

Your name and reputation mean nothing to me.

You can be their Bey but you're nothing to me.

I will not go back to that cursed place because you say so.

If you do not listen, I will make you.

Don't you dare...

don't even try.

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