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No one watching the Gznavid elephants lumber across the plains of Danddan-Dan Kand in 1040 CE

could have ever predicted that they were witnessing the end

of an era in Muslim history. Yet there they were, chasing the Seljuuk Turks across

miles of desert, pursuing unassuming nomadic warriors who refused to stand and fight, their

troops and their elephants getting more exhausted by the day.

How did the Seljuuk Turks, a nomadic tribes people whom the Ghazdav is merely considered

a persistent irritation, topple one of the strongest empires in Muslim history?

And how did this single battle reshape the political map of the Middle East for centuries

to come?

Let us take a step back and set up the battle of Dandangh.

After the early Muslim conquest and the height of the Abbasid power, the eastern and western

lands started to be divided amongst petty dynasties.

Ever since the passing of the Prophet Salallu al-Aleu al-Salam, and especially after Western lands started to be divided amongst petty dynasties.

Ever since the passing of the Prophet's Allah Allah Ali and especially after the time of the

Khalafar Rashidun, the Muslims really had not been a unified force, but the majority of

power had usually been consolidated under one Khalifa and one rule.

Now with the Abbas is weakening and unable to keep their governors in check,

the empire began to splinter.

The first to break away, or one of the first, was Tahid bin al-Hussein of Chorassan,

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