Battle of Nasa (1035)

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Battle of Nasa
Part of the Seljuk-Ghaznavid Wars
DateJune 1035
Location
Nasa
Result Seljuk victory
Belligerents
Ghaznavid Empire Seljuk Turks
Commanders and leaders
Hajib Begtughdi Mikail
Chaghri Beg
Tughril Beg
Strength
15,000 Around 10,000 [1]
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Battle of Nasa took place between the Seljuk Turks and the Ghaznavid Empire following the death of the former leader of the Seljuks, Israil. [2]

In 1016 Chagri Beg, son of Israil, led an incursion into eastern Anatolia, he defeated Armenian forces near Lake Van. [2] In 1020-1021 Israil seized Bukhara in cooperation with the Karakhanids. [2] The Ghaznavids watched the Seljuks apprehensively. A meeting was held in Transoxiana in 1025 between the khagan of the Karakhanids and the sultan of the Ghaznavids. [2] During this meeting it was decided that the Seljuks were to be rounded up and transferred away from Transoxiana and Turkestan before they caused any problems for the Ghaznavids. [2] Israil was apparently lured to Samarkand where he was arrested and exiled to India where he died in 1032. [2]

The death of Israil caused a sudden collapse of authority among the Seljuks, however Mikail, the brother of Israil, was able to reassert the Seljuks as a cohesive force and pose a challenge to the Ghaznavid state for control of Khorasan. [2] On June 19, 1035, a 15,000 strong Ghaznavid force under the command of Hajib Begtughdi left for Nasa. [3] The Seljukids shocked the Ghaznavids and inflicted a serious defeat against them at Nasa in 1035. [2] In battle the Seljuks used the feigned flight tactic and managed to use a stimulated withdrawal to lure their enemy into a surprise attack. [4]

Due to this serious defeat the Ghaznavids offered the Seljuk Turks three provinces in Khorasan, this was part of a treaty that included a grant of tribal autonomy within the Ghaznavid state. [2] The Seljukids did not comply and continued to raid as far as Balkh and Sistan. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Kafesoğlu, İbrahim. Selçuklu tarihi. Milli egitim basımevi, 1972.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Sicker, Martin. The Islamic world in ascendancy : from the Arab conquests to the siege of Vienna. United Kingdom: Praeger, 2000.
  3. ↑ Hashmi, Yusuf Abbas.  Successors of Mahmūd of G̲hazna: In Political, Cultural, and Administrative Perspective.  Pakistan: South Asian Printers & Publishers, 1988.
  4. ↑ Morton, Nicholas.  The Crusader States and Their Neighbours: A Military History, 1099-1187.  United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2020.
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