Battle of Dandanaqan

When

29 May 1040

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

37.39° N, 61.35° E

Description

1040 battle of the Seljuk-Ghaznavid Wars

Battle between the Ghaznavids and Seljuks in 1040

The Battle of Dandanaqan was fought in 1040 between the Seljuq Turkmens and the Ghaznavid Empire near the city of Merv. The battle ended with a decisive Seljuq victory, which subsequently brought down the Ghaznavid domination in Greater Khorasan.

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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 Dandanaqan: The Turkmen Seljuqs defeat the Ghaznavid forces (50,000 men) led by Sultan Masʽud I at Dandanaqan, a fortress city in the desert near Merv”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Dandanakan Muharebesi gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht von Dandanqan in der Nähe des heutigen Merw endet mit einem Sieg der Seldschuken unter Tughrul Beg und Tschaghri Beg”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les Turcs Ghaznévides sont vaincus à la bataille de Dandanakan, au nord de Merv par les Saljûqides qui occupent le Khorasan”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bagrat IV de Georgia toma Tiflis, la muerte del rey Hovhannes-Smbat III de Ani; Selyúcidas derrotan a los Gaznávidas en Dandanaqan”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “塞爾柱帝國在丹丹納干戰役擊敗伊朗的加兹尼王朝軍隊，加兹尼王朝失去對呼羅珊的控制。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ダンダーナカーンの戦いで、セルジューク朝がガズナ朝に勝利しホラーサーン地方を征服。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page