Mahmud of Ghazni

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Ghaznavid dynasty ruler Muslim Turkic ruler conqueror military leader ruler sultan

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.

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All labels observed (5)

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

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

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 ⓘ