Battle of Dandanaqan

The Battle of Dandanqan (DMG Dandānqān ) took place between the Seljuks and the Ghaznavids on May 23, 1040. It ended with a victory for the Seljuks and ended the reign of the Ghaznavid over Khorasan.

Preparations

When the Seljuk Toghril Beg and his brother Tschaghri Beg, started to build a strong army, they began to threaten the territories of the Ghaznavids. After Seljuk looters border towns of the Ghaznavids had set fire to himself Sultan Masud of Ghazna I decided (the son of Mahmud of Ghazni ) to force the Seljuks to leave its territory.

The Battle

While Masud army marched to Sarakhs, fatigued the Seljuk looters hit - and-run attacks, the Ghaznavid associations. Seljuk looters damaged the supply lines of the Ghaznavids and cut them off from nearby water sources. The discipline and morale of the Ghaznavid army took off in earnest. On May 23, 1040 At last, attacked the Seljuk 20,000 soldiers 50,000 soldiers in ghaznawidische Dandanqan between Merv and Sarakhs. The army of the Ghaznavids had already accepted the army structures sedentary States at the time of the battle and was therefore inferior to the oghuzischen troops of the Seljuks.

Follow

The three day battle resulted in a victory of the Seljuks and Masud fled with only 100 riders from the battlefield. The victory marked the rise of the Seljuk Turks in a greater power, and the descent of the Ghaznavids. The Seljuks occupied the chorasanischen cities and established an empire that would later be known as Großseldschukisches Empire.

• Battle ( Middle Ages)
• 1040