Ghaznavid Empire

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Islamic dynasty Persianate dynasty empire

The Ghaznavid Empire was a medieval Persianate Muslim dynasty that ruled large parts of present-day Iran, Afghanistan, and the Indian subcontinent, known for its military campaigns into India and its patronage of Persian culture and literature.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Ghaznavid dynasty 5
Ghaznavid court 1
Ghaznavids 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic dynasty ⓘ
Persianate dynasty ⓘ
empire ⓘ
capital Ghazni Province ⓘ
surface form: Ghazni

Lahore NERFINISHED ⓘ
coinage gold dinar ⓘ
silver dirham ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Ghaznavid Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ghaznavid dynasty
courtLanguage Persian ⓘ
culturalSphere Persianate world ⓘ
declineCause Ghurid invasions ⓘ
Seljuk expansion ⓘ
dynasty Ghaznavid Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ghaznavid dynasty
economyBasedOn tribute from Indian polities ⓘ
war booty ⓘ
endTime 1186 ⓘ
ethnicComposition Turkic ruling elite ⓘ
expandedInto Gujarat ⓘ
Punjab ⓘ
Sindh ⓘ
firstRuler Sabuktigin ⓘ
followedBy Ghurid Empire ⓘ
foundedBy Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
surface form: Sabuktigin
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
lastStronghold Lahore NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Afghanistan ⓘ
Khorasan ⓘ
surface form: Greater Khorasan

Iran ⓘ
Khorasan ⓘ
surface form: Khurasan

Pakistan ⓘ
Transoxiana ⓘ
northwestern India NERFINISHED ⓘ
lostTerritoryTo Seljuk Empire ⓘ
majorBattle Battle of Dandanaqan ⓘ
militaryCampaign Mahmud of Ghazni's raids into the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
militaryStructure slave-soldier (ghulam) army ⓘ
notablePoetAtCourt Farrukhi Sistani ⓘ
Ferdowsi ⓘ
Manuchehri ⓘ
Unsuri ⓘ
notableScholarAtCourt Al-Biruni ⓘ
officialLanguage Persian ⓘ
overthrownBy Ghurid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Ghurid dynasty
patronOf Islamic scholarship ⓘ
Persian literature ⓘ
Persian poetry ⓘ
architecture ⓘ
precededBy Samanid Empire ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
significantRuler Ibrahim of Ghazni ⓘ
Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Masud I of Ghazni ⓘ
startTime 977 ⓘ
usedLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Turkic languages ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Ghurid Empire → conqueredFrom → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ghaznavids
Ghaznavid Empire → country → Ghaznavid Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ghaznavid dynasty
Ghaznavid Empire → dynasty → Ghaznavid Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ghaznavid dynasty
Al-Biruni → employer → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ghaznavid court
Samanid Empire → followedBy → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ
Islamic world → hasHistoricEmpire → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ
Khorasan → historicalEra → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ
Greater Iran → historicallyLinkedTo → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ghaznavid dynasty
Islamic Golden Age → majorDynasty → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ghaznavid dynasty
Ghurid Empire → predecessor → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ
Peshawar → ruledByHistorically → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ
Nishapur → underDynasty → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ghaznavid dynasty