Ghaznavid Empire
RegionAfghanistan/Iran/India
Period977-1186
Founded BySabuktigin
About Ghaznavid Empire
A Turkic dynasty based in Ghazni in Afghanistan. Mahmud of Ghazni led repeated raids into northern India, bringing back great wealth. His court hosted the poet Ferdowsi, author of the Shahnameh, and the scholar al-Biruni. The Seljuks took its western lands, and the Ghurids ended the dynasty.
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