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Ibrahim Inal's raid toward Constantinople

غزوة إينال إلى نواحي القسطنطينية

c. 1048 CE · 440 AH

In 440 masses of Ghuzz from beyond the Oxus came to Ibrahim Inal, Tughril Beg's brother; he told them the land could not hold them and the right course was to raid the Byzantines, so they marched with him in their rear until only fifteen days remained between him and Constantinople. He returned with more than a hundred thousand captives, four thousand coats of mail, and booty carried on ten thousand wagons 1.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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Persia & Central Asia · Anatolia
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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In 440 masses of Ghuzz came from beyond the Oxus to Ibrahim Inal, Tughril Beg's brother; he told them the land was too narrow for them and the right course was to raid the Byzantines. They marched, he after them, until fifteen days from Constantinople — taking over a hundred thousand captives, four thousand coats of mail, and booty hauled on ten thousand wagons — then returned 1.

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The Defeat at Balanjar (32 AH)· The Conquest of Khaybar· The battle of Samura (327 AH)· The Battle of the Trench (al-Ahzab)· The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)· The Battle of Dhat al-Sawari (31 AH)· The Expedition of Banu al-Mustaliq (al-Muraysi')· The Siege and Judgment of Banu Qurayza

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  1. al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.8 p.479
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The Defeat at Balanjar (32 AH)

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