Battle of Dabusiyya

The Battle of Dabusiyya was fought between the Ghaznavid Empire and the Kara-Khanid Khanate in April 1032 near Dabusiyya, a small town between Bukhara and Samarkand. The result was a bloody stalemate which left the commander of the Ghaznavid forces, Altun Tash, mortally wounded.^[1]

References

1. Beyhaqi, Abu'l-Fazl (2011). The History of Beyhaqi. Harvard University Press. pp. 460–464.

Further reading

• Jaques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A-E. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 281. ISBN 978-0-313-33537-2.
• History of Civilizations of Central Asia. UNESCO. January 1998. p. 149. ISBN 978-92-3-103467-1.
• Asimov, M. S.; Bosworth, C. E. (1998). Volume IV: The Age of Achievement A.D. 750 to the End of the Fifteenth Century. UNESCO. p. 108. ISBN 978-92-3-103467-1.
• Gibb, Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen (1960). The Encyclopaedia of Islam. Brill. p. 424.