The Battle of Dandanaqan was fought in 1040 between the Seljuqs and the Ghaznavid Empire near the city of Merv (  present-day Turkmenistan). The battle ended with a Seljuq victoryGrousset, Rene, The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia , (Rutgers University, 2002), 147. and brought down the Ghaznavid domination in Khorasan .
The Battle of Dandanaqan or the Battle of Dandanakan was a significant inter-Turkic clash between the forces of the Ghaznavid emperor Masʿūd I (reigned 1031–1041) and the Seljuqs in 1040 near the city of Merv ( in present-day Turkmenistan). On 23 May 1040 (8 Ramadān 431 in the Islamic calendar), in the desert outside Dandanaqan, a fierce army led by the Seljuq princes Ṭoḡrel Bey and Čaḡrī Bey defeated a heavily-armed Ghaznavid imperial army under Sultan Masʿūd I, whose fighting efficiency had been badly im­paired by drought conditions in the region. The battle which is currently regarded as one of the most decisive battles in the Islamic URL ended with a Seljuq victoryGrousset, Rene, The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia , (Rutgers University, 2002), 147. and brought down the Ghaznavid domination in the Greater Khorasan and their Western domains .
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On 23 May 1040 (8 Ramadān 431 in the Islamic calendar), in the desert outside Dandanaqan, a fierce army led by the Seljuq princes Ṭoḡrel Bey and Čaḡrī Bey defeated a heavily-armed Ghaznavid imperial army under Sultan Masʿūd I, whose fighting efficiency had been badly im­paired by drought conditions in the region. The battle which is currently regarded as one of the most decisive battles in the Islamic URL
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the Greater Khorasan and their Western domains