carizmian

Updated: May 12, 2025

At this command, the desperate Carizmian, drawing a dagger, rushed headlong towards the throne: the guards raised their battle-axes; their zeal was checked by Alp Arslan, the most skilful archer of the age: he drew his bow, but his foot slipped, the arrow glanced aside, and he received in his breast the dagger of Joseph, who was instantly cut in pieces.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5

One of the lieutenants of Malek Shah, Atsiz the Carizmian, marched into Syria at the head of a powerful army, and reduced Damascus by famine and the sword.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5

He moved from Bagdad to the banks of the Oxus; a bridge was thrown over the river; and twenty days were consumed in the passage of his troops. But the progress of the great king was retarded by the governor of Berzem; and Joseph the Carizmian presumed to defend his fortress against the powers of the East.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5