Ghaznavid Empire

E86849

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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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Ghaznavid dynasty	17
Ghaznavid Empire canonical	14
Ghaznavid court	4
Ghaznavids	4
Ghaznavid era	2
Ghaznavid period	2
Ghaznavid Empire (Indian territories)	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic dynasty ⓘ Persianate dynasty ⓘ empire ⓘ
capital	Ghazni Province ⓘ surface form: Ghazni Lahore ⓘ
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 ⓘ
locatedIn	Afghanistan ⓘ Khorasan ⓘ surface form: Greater Khorasan Iran ⓘ Khorasan ⓘ surface form: Khurasan Pakistan ⓘ Transoxiana ⓘ northwestern India ⓘ
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 (44)

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

Islamic world → hasHistoricEmpire → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

Islamic Golden Age → majorDynasty → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

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Greater Iran → historicallyLinkedTo → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

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Peshawar → ruledByHistorically → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

Nishapur → underDynasty → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

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Khorasan → historicalEra → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

Ghurid Empire → predecessor → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

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Ghaznavid Empire → country → Ghaznavid Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ

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Ghaznavid Empire → dynasty → Ghaznavid Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ

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Samanid Empire → followedBy → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

Al-Biruni → employer → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

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Seljuk Empire → precededBy → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

Tus → historicalEra → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

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Mahmud of Ghazni → dynasty → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

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Kara-Khanid Khanate → conflict → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

al-Hujwiri → era → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Ali ibn Uthman al-Hujwiri

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Chandela dynasty → conflictWith → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

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Persianate world → developedUnder → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

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Sijistan → underRuleOf → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

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Hindu Shahi dynasty → successor → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

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Paramara dynasty → conflictWith → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

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Sistan → conqueredBy → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

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Bhima I of Chaulukya dynasty → conflictWith → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

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North Indian kingdoms → hasPart → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

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Farrukhi Sistani → residence → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

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Farrukhi Sistani → literaryPeriod → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

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Manuchehri → patronage → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

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Manuchehri → associatedWith → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

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Sabuktigin → founded → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

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Sabuktigin → countryOfRule → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

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Sabuktigin → dynastyFounded → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

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Masud I of Ghazni → birthPlace → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

Masud I of Ghazni → deathPlace → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

Masud I of Ghazni → dynasty → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

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Masud I of Ghazni → ruledTerritory → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

Ibrahim of Ghazni → dynasty → Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ghaznavid dynasty