Yamīn al-Dawla Abū al-Qāsim Maḥmūd ibn Sebüktegīn

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Yamīn al-Dawla Abū al-Qāsim Maḥmūd ibn Sebüktegīn, better known as Mahmud of Ghazni, was the powerful 11th-century sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire renowned for his military campaigns into the Indian subcontinent and patronage of Persian culture.

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instanceOf Ghaznavid ruler ⓘ
ruler ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mahmud of Ghazni NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mahmūd-i Ghaznawī NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate c. 971 ⓘ
birthPlace Ghazni NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Ghazni NERFINISHED ⓘ
campaignRegion Gujarat (Somnath) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Punjab NERFINISHED ⓘ
northwestern India ⓘ
capital Ghazni NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate April 30, 1030 ⓘ
deathPlace Ghazni NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynasty Ghaznavid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
era 11th century ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Turkic ⓘ
father Sebüktegīn NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName Maḥmūd NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion Greater Khorasan NERFINISHED ⓘ
honorificTitle Amīn al-Milla NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yamīn al-Dawla NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor expansion of the Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ
military campaigns into the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
patronage of Persian culture ⓘ
languageOfCourt Persian ⓘ
legacy early Muslim ruler to establish lasting political presence in parts of the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
notablePoetAtCourt Farrokhi Sistani NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ferdowsi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Unsuri NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfIndianCampaigns over 15 ⓘ
occupation sultan ⓘ
patronOf Islamic scholarship ⓘ
Persian culture ⓘ
Persian literature ⓘ
patronymic ibn Sebüktegīn NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor Ismail of Ghazni NERFINISHED ⓘ
realm Ghaznavid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionRuled Khorasan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Khwarezm NERFINISHED ⓘ
Transoxiana (intermittently) ⓘ
parts of the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
reignEnd 1030 ⓘ
reignStart c. 998 ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
successor Masʿud I of Ghazni NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Mahmud of Ghazni → fullName → Yamīn al-Dawla Abū al-Qāsim Maḥmūd ibn Sebüktegīn ⓘ