Alparslan respected and behaved warmly to General Romanos in his presence. He consoled him. They talked for a while, and then Alparslan asked:
If you were the one who took me captive, what would you do? The Byzantian Chief Commander replied:
Perhaps I would kill you, or I would take you to Istanbul to exhibit in the streets. Victorious commander looked at Romanos with merciful eyes, he said:
My punishment is even heavier... I will forgive you. You are free.
Malazgirt victory comprised a victory for the future conquests by Seljukian Turkish Beys in Anatolia, and Sultan Alparslan went back to Rey and Hamedan. Alparslan started a campaign against the Hana castle near new Buhara to kill Yusuf el-Harezmi, a member of west division. Yusuf, seeing that he was not able to stand more, said he would surrender to Alparslan. Alparslan, admitting Yusuf el-Harezmi before himself, was heavily wounded by a sudden dagger stroke of Yusuf el-Harezmi. The body of Alparslan who died because of the wound four days later on 25 November 1072 when he was 42, was taken to Merv and buried next to his father Çağrı Bey.
In his tomb, there is the following inscription:
O those who saw the sky-high grandeur of Alparslan, see! He is under this under that black soil now.
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