Arslan Isra'il

Arslan Isra'il at the court of the Ghaznavid ruler Mahmud of Ghazni. From a manuscript of the Tarikh-e negarestan, dated 1573/1574

Arslan Isra'il, also known as Arslan Yabgu (died 1032) was a Turkic chieftain, who was from the Kınık tribe, which would later establish the Seljuk Empire. His name Arslan means "the lion". Arslan was son of the warlord Seljuk and uncle to the founders of the Seljuk empire, Chaghri and Tughril.