At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In time
Overview
In Jumada al-Akhira 430 AH the Seljuqs took Khurasan and the Jibal, as the text has it, according to Ibn al-Jawzi, and Mas'ud ibn Mahmud Subuktakin fled. Tughrulbeg, his brother Dawud and others of the sons of Mikail took the lands and divided up their outlying parts. 1
Afterwards
In 432 AH Mas'ud returned to Ghazna, and Tughrulbeg returned to Nishapur. The Ghuzz took all of Khurasan. 1
Ibn al-Jawzi describes what appeared of the Ghuzz as going beyond all limits, and mentions their killing of people and their attacks on many scribes and others. 1
A question mark stands beside one of the names in the quoted text, so it is not asserted; the point needs an additional source.
Connections
- Had participant
- طغرل بك· السلطان مسعود بن محمود الغزنوي
People and things also explored
The battle of al-Basasiri and the sermon for the Ubaydi al-Mustansir in Baghdad· Battle of Dandanqan (1040)· Battle of Ray (1059)· Marriage of the caliph's daughter to Tughrul Beg· The return of al-Qa'im from Haditha to Baghdad· The marriage of al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah to Tughril Beg's sister· Restoration of the Sunni Adhan in Karkh and Restrictions on the Shi'a· Tughril Beg's Entry into Baghdad
Sources
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.8 p.400, 413
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Seljuk takeover of Khurasan and the defeat of Mas'ud the Ghaznavid”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/seljuk-takeover-khurasan-430/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.