The essential feature of the Oguz Ýabgu State is that it strove to keep up the Oguz tradition. However, the rapid expansion of Islam caused the destruction of the state. Another important feature was that this state raised a shrewd and intelligent commander, Seljuk Beg.

The Seljuks were from the Kynyk tribe of the Oguzs and the lineage of Aýhan. They founded their mighty state in Jent.

Seljuk Dukak was a shrewd subaşi.[1] Historians translated his name as ‘the Man with the iron-arch’ in different sources.

Expanding within the Maveraunnehir and Buhara regions, they lived near related clans and tribes who were living a settled life. They established good relations with the Köneürgençs and became friends of the Garahanlys.

 The Seljuks were a brave and dauntless people who liked horses and rode them well. Otherwise, Gaznaly Mahmyt would not have invited them to Khorasan! Contrary to what many historians have claimed, Soltan Mahmyt’s intention was not to do favours to Türkmens. Soltan Mahmyt was himself a Türkmen, as were the majority of his soldiers. Türkmens lived in the villages and cities in Khorasan. They dwelled especially in the Merw, Abywerd, Nusaý, Sarahs, Amul, Balkan, Zem, Maveraunnehir, Müngyşlak and Was regions.

Soltan Mahmyt had organized 18 military campaigns to India, and filled the treasury of the state with gold and silver. However, there now emerged a challenge to him and a threat to his state from his relatives, the Seljuks. Soltan Mahmyt’s