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A Ghaznavid Empire was the state in the area of now's Afghanistan that existed from 963 to 1187. It was created under Turkish Khan Sebük Tigin with the city Ghazna (Ghazni) as capital, replacing a Samanids. Sebük Tigin processed himself lord of 100% a present territory of Afghanistan and of the Punjab. Inside 997, Mahmud, a boy of Sebük Tigin, succeeded his father upon his demise, & by using him Ghazni & the Ghaznavid dynasty keep close at hand be perpetually associated. Come season when season from either a capital, Mahmud carried fully xvii expeditions of devastation across northern India and Gujarat, when well as others in the north & west. From either a borders of Kurdistan to Samarkand, from a Caspian Sea to the Yamuna, his authority was acknowledged. A wealth brought back to Ghazni was tremendous, & contemporary historiographer (e.g. Abolfazl Beyhaghi, Ferdowsi) give glowing descriptions of the magnificence of the capital, when well as of the vanquisher overgenerous trend lines of literature. Mahmud died around 1030, and his boy Mas'ud was unable to control the conquered lands and lost the Battle of Dandanaqan in 1040. Possibly though there was a few revival of importance under Ibrahim (1059-1099), a empire never reached anything rather the equivalent splendour & power. It was shortly overshadowed per Seljuk Turks of Persia. A Ghaznavid Empire ended inside 1149 with the capture of Ghazna per Ghurids. Ghaznavid power inside northern India continued until the conquest of Lahore in 1187.
The Ghaznavid Dynasty
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Ghaznavid Rule of Pakistan An account of the dynasty's control and rule in Pakistan, with Lahore assuming importance as the eastern-most bastion of Muslim power. Ghaznavids An encyclopedia article covering the history, culture and achievements of the Ghaznavid State. Ghaznawids Profiles of Ghaznavid Sultans, from the Islamic Dictionary. [English and Arabic] Mahmud of Ghazna Profile of the founder of the Ghaznavid dynasty. Mahmud Of Ghazni 971 A.D. - 1030 A.D. Biography of the Sultan of Ghazna, originally comprising modern Afghanistan and northeastern modern Iran but eventually including northwestern India and most of Iran. Includes links to information about his capital. Turkish Ghaznawid State The rise and fall of the state founded by Amir Alptigin, a Turkish Mamluk for the Samanids at Bukhara. |
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