What the records say
- When
- 1063
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 36.17° N, 54.35° E
- Description
- 1063 battle fought during the Seljuk civil war
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Alp Arslan
Sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1063 to 1072
Alp Arslan was the son of Chaghri Beg, a co-founder of the Seljuk Empire. In 1063, he defeated his rivals to ascend the throne, ruling as the Seljuk sultan until his death in 1072. He had previously served as the Seljuk malik of Khorasan from 1060 to 1063.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Damghan: Seljuk forces under Alp Arslan defeat his brother Qutalmish who claims the throne of late Tughril, founder of the Seljuk Empire”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “塞爾柱帝國創建者圖赫里勒·貝格過世，由於膝下無子嗣，圖赫里勒的堂弟庫塔爾米什與侄子阿爾普·阿爾斯蘭爆發了達姆甘之戰，在庫塔爾米什意外死亡後”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page