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I've read that John Tzelepes Komnenos, grandson of the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos defected to the Seljuks and became a Muslim because he was snubbed by that Emperor. How shocking would this act have been at the time?

by /u/FortuneDapper in /r/AskHistorians

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