the saltukids or saltuqids (modern turkish: "saltuklu beyliği" ) were a dynasty ruling one of the anatolian beyliks founded after the battle of manzikert (1071) and centered on erzurum. the saltukids ruled between 1071 and 1202. the beylik was founded by emir saltuk, one of the turkmen commanders of the great seljuk alp arslan. the beylik fought frequently against the georgian kingdom for hegemony of the kars region. the center of the beylik, erzurum, was occupied by the byzantine empire between 1077 and 1079, and was besieged by the georgian king giorgi iii in 1184. it comprised the entirety of present-day erzurum and bayburt provinces, lands east of erzincan, most of kars, and lands north of ağrı and muş provinces during its height.