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Battle of Dandanaqan
| Battle of Dandanaqan | |||||||
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| Part of the Seljuk-Ghaznavid Wars | |||||||
 Artwork of the battle of Dandanaqan. Derived from the manuscript: Tārīkh-i Abū’l-Khair Khānī (History of Abū al-Khair Khan). Beruni Institute in Tashkent ms. no. 9989. Manuscript written in Samarqand, 1543. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Ghaznavid Empire | Seljuk Turks | ||||||
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16,000[a]–50,000[3] 100[2]–300[3] war elephants | 16,000[4] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown, likely heavy | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Dandanaqan (Persian: نبرد دندانقان) was fought in 1040 between the Seljuq Turkmens and the Ghaznavid Empire near the city of Merv (now in Turkmenistan).[5][6] The battle ended with a decisive Seljuq victory, which subsequently brought down the Ghaznavid domination in Greater Khorasan.[1]
- ^ a b Grousset 2002, p. 147.
- ^ a b Bosworth 1963, p. 128.
- ^ a b Sicker 2000, p. 53.
- ^ Lambton 1988, p. 5-.
- ^ Bosworth 2017, p. xliv.
- ^ Saray 2003, p. 189.
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