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 (7)

Label Occurrences
Mahmud of Ghazni canonical 26
Amir of Ghazni 1
Mahmud 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

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

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

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 ⓘ
notableRaid raid on Somnath temple in 1025 ⓘ
patronOf Asjadi ⓘ
Farrukhi Sistani ⓘ
Ferdowsi ⓘ
Unsuri ⓘ
al-Biruni ⓘ
linked to: Abu Rayhan
promoted Sunni Islam ⓘ
regionRuled Ghazni ⓘ
linked to: Ghazni Province

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 Sultan of Ghazni ⓘ
linked to: Mahmud of Ghazni

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (32)

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

Shahnameh → commissionedBy → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Ahmed → sharesRootWith → Mahmud ⓘ
linked to: Mahmud of Ghazni
Somnath Temple → destroyedBy → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Ghaznavid Empire → foundedBy → Sabuktigin ⓘ
linked to: Mahmud of Ghazni
Ghaznavid Empire → significantRuler → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Al-Biruni → patron → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Mahmud of Ghazni → name → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Mahmud of Ghazni → title → Sultan of Ghazni ⓘ
linked to: Mahmud of Ghazni
Deo Patan → destroyedBy → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Bhima I → contemporaryOf → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
subject linked to: Bhima I of Chaulukya dynasty
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 → Amir of Ghazni ⓘ
linked to: Mahmud of Ghazni
Masud I of Ghazni → father → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Masud I of Ghazni → predecessor → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Abu Rayhan al-Biruni → associatedWith → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
subject linked to: Abu Rayhan
Yamīn al-Dawla Abū al-Qāsim Maḥmūd ibn Sebüktegīn → alsoKnownAs → Mahmūd-i Ghaznawī ⓘ
linked to: Mahmud of Ghazni
Yamīn al-Dawla Abū al-Qāsim Maḥmūd ibn Sebüktegīn → alsoKnownAs → Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna ⓘ
linked to: Mahmud of Ghazni
Nawbahar → child → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Nawbahar → associatedWith → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Raja Jayapala → opponent → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Anhilwad Patan → attackedBy → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Anandapala → opponent → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Bhima I → conflictWith → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
subject linked to: King Bhima I
Vidyadhara → opponent → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Trilochanapala → opponent → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Ghazni → notableRulerAssociated → Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ