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Sultan Sanjar's Wars in the 1120s

Type Event Region Central Asia Time 1121–1129

In the 1120s, Great Seljuk Sultan Ahmad Sanjar fought the Ghaznavids, splinter Karakhanid factions, and local rebels to secure Khwarazm and Central A…

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  1. 1121–1123Eastern Afghanistan · AfghanistanSanjar led his army against Ghaznavid Sultan Bahram Shah, contesting control of eastern Afghanistan and the routes to the Indus Valley, further hastening the Ghaznavid decline.
  2. 1124–1126Nishapur · KhwarazmBased in Nishapur, the capital of Khwarazm, Sanjar suppressed rebellions of local governors and tribal chiefs, reaffirming the sultan's authority over taxation and military levies.
  3. 1127–1129Transoxiana border · TransoxianaSanjar fought border wars and diplomatic maneuvering with the divided Karakhanid khans along the Syr Darya and Amu Darya, seeking to keep Transoxiana within the Seljuk sphere of influence.

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