Talk:Toghrul of Ghazna

Which Sistan
In section Life, it reads:''Toghrul marched to Sistan. He surrounded Taq and held it under siege for a month, defeating a Seljuq relief army as well''. Well I checked the locations of Sistan and Taq. These are two places named Sistan. One Sistan is a province and it is situated in the south east Iran. The other Sistan (Suston in WP) is in north Iran (Lahijan). Taq is also in north Iran. Which Sistan did Toghrul marched to ? If it is the province, being too far away to Taq (1100 km}, how could he continue to Taq . The second Sistan is more probable. But then it is too far from his base in Ghazni for a military operation.Nedim Ardoğa (talk) 19:42, 4 November 2012 (UTC)


 * "Toghril led his army into Sistan and on 10 November 1051 appeared suddenly at Taq and invested the citadel there." --- "The Later Ghaznavids", C.E. Bosworth, p44.
 * "The attackers nevertheless failed to make headway, but Toghril detached a contingent of 1,000 cavalrymen secretly to launch an assault on Zarang." "The Later Ghaznavids", C.E. Bosworth, p44. --Kansas Bear (talk) 20:07, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * "Tughril besieged the fortress of Taq...",n47:"Situated north of Zaranj on the Helmund River", "The Annals of the Saljuq Turks", Ibn al-Athir, p83:note47. --Kansas Bear (talk) 06:43, 7 December 2012 (UTC)