Aftermath of the Seljuk-Ghaznavid War

Name: Aftermath of the Seljuk-Ghaznavid War
Start: 1041
End: 1050

Type Event Region Central Asia Time 1041–1050

After the Battle of Dandanqan in 1040, Ghaznavid rule in Khorasan collapsed;…

Timeline

1040–1041Khorasan · KhorasanThe Ghaznavid army suffered a crushing defeat at Dandanqan in 1040; Sultan Mas'ud I lost control of Khorasan and was forced to retreat east, leaving a power vacuum.
1041–1043Merv · KhorasanThe Seljuks gradually took over Merv, Nishapur, Balkh, and other core cities of Khorasan; Chaghri Beg governed the east while Tughril turned to expansion in western Iran.
1043–1050Ghazni · AfghanistanThe Ghaznavid dynasty contracted to Ghazni and northwestern India, still holding Punjab but unable to recover Khorasan; occasional counterattacks in the 1040s failed to reverse the decline.

The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 5: The Saljuq and Mongol Periods — J. A. Boyle (ed.) (1968)
The Ghaznavids: Their Empire in Afghanistan and Eastern Iran 994-1040 — Clifford Edmund Bosworth (1963)