Mahmud of Ghazni

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Mahmud of Ghazni was an 11th-century Turkic ruler and military conqueror who transformed Ghazni into a powerful Islamic empire and a major center of Persian culture.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Mahmud of Ghazni canonical 14
Amir of Ghazni 1
Mahmud 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ghaznavid dynasty ruler ⓘ
Muslim ⓘ
Turkic ruler ⓘ
conqueror ⓘ
military leader ⓘ
ruler ⓘ
sultan ⓘ
birthDate 971 ⓘ
birthPlace Ghazni Province ⓘ
surface form: Ghazni
burialPlace Ghazni Province ⓘ
surface form: Ghazni
campaignsAgainst Anandapala ⓘ
Hindu Shahi dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Hindu Shahi kingdom

Raja Jayapala ⓘ
capital Ghazni Province ⓘ
surface form: Ghazni
deathDate 1030 ⓘ
deathPlace Ghazni Province ⓘ
surface form: Ghazni
dynasty Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Ghaznavid dynasty
ethnicOrigin Turkic ⓘ
expandedEmpireTo Gujarat ⓘ
surface form: Gujarat (through raids)

Punjab ⓘ
Sindh ⓘ
father Sabuktigin ⓘ
fullName Yamīn al-Dawla Abū al-Qāsim Maḥmūd ibn Sebüktegīn ⓘ
governmentType centralized monarchy ⓘ
knownFor frequent raids into the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
patronage of Persian culture ⓘ
patronage of literature and arts ⓘ
transforming Ghazni into a major empire ⓘ
languageOfCourt Persian ⓘ
legacy established Ghazni as a center of Persianate culture ⓘ
militaryTactic use of highly mobile cavalry ⓘ
mother Nawbahar ⓘ
name Mahmud of Ghazni self-link ⓘ
notableRaid raid on Somnath temple in 1025 ⓘ
patronOf Asjadi ⓘ
Farrukhi Sistani ⓘ
Ferdowsi ⓘ
Unsuri ⓘ
Abu Rayhan ⓘ
surface form: al-Biruni
promoted Sunni Islam ⓘ
regionRuled Ghazni Province ⓘ
surface form: Ghazni

Khorasan ⓘ
parts of Central Asia ⓘ
parts of Iran ⓘ
parts of the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
reignEnd 1030 ⓘ
reignStart 997 ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
successor Masud I of Ghazni ⓘ
title Mahmud of Ghazni self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sultan of Ghazni

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shahnameh → commissionedBy → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Ahmed → sharesRootWith → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mahmud
Somnath Temple → destroyedBy → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Ghaznavid Empire → foundedBy → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sabuktigin
Ghaznavid Empire → significantRuler → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Al-Biruni → patron → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Mahmud of Ghazni → name → Mahmud of Ghazni self-link ⓘ
Mahmud of Ghazni → title → Mahmud of Ghazni self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sultan of Ghazni
Deo Patan → destroyedBy → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Bhima I of Chaulukya dynasty → contemporaryOf → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
subject surface form: Bhima I
Unsuri → employer → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Unsuri → patron → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Farrukhi Sistani → employer → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Farrukhi Sistani → patron → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Sabuktigin → child → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Sabuktigin → title → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amir of Ghazni
Masud I of Ghazni → father → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Masud I of Ghazni → predecessor → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ