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كوخان القراخطائي

كوخان القراخطائي

c. January 1143 CE · Rajab 537 AH

Kukhan the Qara-Khitai, king of the Turks of Transoxiana; in 536 he crushed Sultan Sanjar with three hundred thousand horse — a hundred thousand or more of Sanjar's army fell and his wife and daughter were captured — yet for all his power he was just, granting no iqta' in his realm; d. Rajab 537 1.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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Persia & Central Asia
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Kukhan the Qara-Khitai, king of the Turks in Transoxiana; he dealt Sultan Sanjar a terrible defeat in 536 within a host of three hundred thousand horsemen — the Muslims suffered, a hundred thousand or more of Sanjar's army were killed, and his wife and daughter were captured. 1

His justice and death

Despite the greatness of his state he was just, granting no one an iqta' within his realm; he died in Rajab 537. 1

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 591, 594
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