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 "id": "event/battle-of-dandanqan-1040",
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 "slug": "battle-of-dandanqan-1040",
 "label": {
  "ar": "معركة دندانقان (١٠٤٠)",
  "en": "Battle of Dandanqan (1040)"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "هزم طغرل بك وأخوه چغري بك جيش السلطان مسعود الغزنوي عند دندانقان قرب مرو سنة 1040م، ففتحت السلاجقة بهذا النصر خراسان وقامت دولتهم {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir}.",
  "en": "Tughril Beg and his brother Chaghri Beg broke Sultan Masʿud of Ghazna's army at Dandanqan near Merv in 1040 — the victory that won the Seljuks Khurasan and founded their state {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir}.",
  "ur": "طغرل بیگ اور اس کے بھائی چغری بیگ نے 1040ء میں مرو کے قریب دندانقان میں سلطان مسعود غزنوی کی فوج کو شکست دی — اس فتح سے سلجوقوں نے خراسان فتح کیا اور ان کی ریاست قائم ہوئی {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir}."
 },
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 ],
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   "edtf": "1040",
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   "edtf": "1040",
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  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "written for the Timeline Explorer Seljuks story from the cited source",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 Medium)",
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  },
  "status": {
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   "completeness": 2,
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 Medium)"
  }
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 "degree": 6,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "updated": "2026-10-28",
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  "event/basasiri-coup-450",
  "event/battle-of-ray-1059",
  "event/caliph-daughter-tughrul-marriage",
  "event/death-of-yazdgard",
  "event/death-sultan-shah-589",
  "event/khwarazm-ghurid-lands-598",
  "event/qaim-return-baghdad-451",
  "event/qaim-tughril-sister-marriage-448"
 ],
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  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
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