Primary sources on the battle of Dandanaqan

[boleslawi]

Hi all!

I am recently very interested in learning the history of the Seljuq. There is a battle called battle of Dandanaqan, which occured between the Seljuqs and the Ghaznavid. There seems to be little details on this battle online. I only learn it via wikipedia. Do you know any primary source that describes this battle in details?

[H. İhsan Erkoç]

Hi boleslawi, you can check A. C. S. Peathingy's books on the Seljuks:

- Early Seljuq History: A New Interpretation
Amazon link: www.amazon.com/Early-Seljuq-History-Interpretation-Routledge-ebook/dp/B00B9KCFN0/ref=sr_1_22?dchild=1&qid=1587990265&refinements=p_27%3AA.+C.+S.+Peathingy&s=books&sr=1-22&swrs=64574491B95BC38C71271AC53F0836AC&text=A.+C.+S.+Peathingy
Library Genesis link for free download: libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=BAFDB581AE329A4E848913F645D55D2D

- The Great Seljuk Empire
Amazon link: www.amazon.com/Seljuk-Edinburgh-History-Islamic-Empires/dp/0748638261
Library Genesis link for free download: libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=D74F8C3EF42CA984356706D38D37830D

Peathingy's books would certainly direct you to the primary sources of the period regarding Seljuk-Ghaznavid wars and the crucial Battle of Dandanaqan. Seljuk and Ghaznavid history is not my speciality so I am not accustomed to the sources of that period, but I know that the prominent Turkish medievalist Erkan Göksu translated the 15th century historian Mirkhwand's chapter on the Ghaznavids from Persian to Turkish: www.bkmkitap.com/gazneliler?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpZKjoMyI6QIVkcreCh1QbwblEAQYASABEgLh9vD_BwE

[Temüjin]

Abu'l Fazl Bayhaqi is probably your best bet. other than ACS Peac.ock's books on Seljuqs, check out CE Bosworth's books and articles on the Ghaznavids.

[H. İhsan Erkoç]

Yes they are very good too, forgot to mention them.