jan 1, 1141 - Sanjar marched to eliminate the threat posed by kara Khitans and faces them in the vicinity of Samarkand at the Battle of Qatwan. He suffered his first defeat in his long career, and as a result, lost all Seljuk territory east of the Syr Darya
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