Ghazni is a city in southeastern Afghanistan, which served as the capital of theGhaznavid Empire from 977 to 1163. The toponym Ghazni is known to have...
Sultan Bahram Shah lost Ghazni to the Ghurid sultan Ala al-Din Husayn. TheGhaznavids retook Ghazni, but lost the city to the Ghuzz Turks who in turn...
Ghazni (Persian: محمد غزنوی) (b. 998 – d. 1041) was Sultan of theGhaznavid Empire briefly in 1030, and then later from 1040 to 1041. He ascended the...
list details the military campaigns conducted by theGhaznavids in India. Sabuktigin was one of the slaves of Alptigin, the Governor of Ghazni. Alptigin...
April 1030), usually known as Mahmud of Ghazni or Mahmud Ghaznavi (محمود غزنوی), was Sultan of theGhaznavid Empire, ruling from 998 to 1030. During his...
dynasty of Ghaznavids in the 11th-century Muhammad of Ghazni, son of Mahmud of Ghazni and Sultan of theGhaznavid empire Masʽud I of Ghazni, twin brother...
imprisoned by theGhaznavids. He was later released upon payment of ransom by his son, Govindachandra. Mahmud of Ghazni, as the ruler of theGhaznavid Empire...
of Ghazni (مودود غزنوی), was a sultan of theGhaznavids from 1041 – 1050. He seized the throne of the sultanate from his uncle, Muhammad of Ghazni, in...
of theGhaznavids from 994 to 1160, encompassing much of North India, Persia and Central Asia. Many iconoclastic campaigns were launched from Ghazni into...
with one of theGhaznavid prince (Malik Shah) under his custody in Ghazni as a hostage. In 1182, Muhammad followed a southerly arc to the port city of...
Sunni Islam after the conquest of Ghor by theGhaznavid ruler Mahmud of Ghazni in 1011. The Ghurids eventually overran theGhaznavids when Muhammad of...
under Jayapala in 988 CE. TheGhaznavids defeated the Hindu Shahis and Jayapala signed a treaty in which the Hindu Shahis paid tribute to Ghaznavids....
to balance their losses to the Ghaznavids using any pretext. In 998 CE, Mahmud ascended theGhaznavid throne at Ghazni, and went on an annexation spree...
The Sack of Somnath in 1026 was a military campaign orchestrated by Mahmud of Ghazni, a ruler of theGhaznavid Empire, directed against the Chaulukya...
The Battle of Chach or Battle of Chaach was fought in 1007 AD between theGhaznavid army of Mahmud of Ghazni and the Hindu Shahi army of Anandapala, near...
balance their losses against the Ghaznavids using any pretext. In 998, Mahmud ascended theGhaznavid throne at Ghazni, and went on an annexation spree...
youth, served in theGhaznavid army, and was also a student (or assistant) of Ahmad Maymandi. He later entered the court of Mahmud of Ghazni, where he shortly...
the youngest one being Mohammad Ghaznavi, and the oldest one being Mas'ud I. Zawzani, who supported Mas'ud I, left theGhaznavid capital of Ghazni, and...
Ghazni. After the Ghurid armies were routed, they retreated to theGhazni and left garrison of 2,000 soldiers under Zia ud-Din Tulaki to secure the fort...
Muhammad conquered the Indus Basin from the Ghaznavids and other Ismāʿīlīya rulers and penetrated into the Gangetic doab after defeating a Rajput Confederacy...
all the Madness. According to Minhahu-S Siraj, Amir Suri was captured by Mahmud of Ghazni, made prisoner along with his son, and taken to Ghazni, where...
corresponding to the modern provinces of Zabul and Ghazni. Following theGhaznavid rule (977–1186), "Zabul" became largely synonymous with the name of its...