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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ghaznavid ruler ⓘ
ruler ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Mahmūd-i Ghaznawī ⓘ
linked to: Mahmud of Ghazni

Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna ⓘ
linked to: Mahmud of Ghazni
birthDate c. 971 ⓘ
birthPlace Ghazni ⓘ
burialPlace Ghazni ⓘ
campaignRegion Gujarat (Somnath) ⓘ
linked to: Somnath Temple

Punjab ⓘ
northwestern India ⓘ
capital Ghazni ⓘ
deathDate April 30, 1030 ⓘ
deathPlace Ghazni ⓘ
dynasty Ghaznavid dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Ghaznavid Empire
era 11th century ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Turkic ⓘ
father Sebüktegīn ⓘ
givenName Maḥmūd ⓘ
linked to: Mahmud
historicalRegion Greater Khorasan ⓘ
linked to: Khorasan
honorificTitle Amīn al-Milla ⓘ
Yamīn al-Dawla ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Ferdowsi ⓘ
Unsuri ⓘ
numberOfIndianCampaigns over 15 ⓘ
occupation sultan ⓘ
patronOf Islamic scholarship ⓘ
Persian culture ⓘ
Persian literature ⓘ
patronymic ibn Sebüktegīn ⓘ
predecessor Ismail of Ghazni ⓘ
realm Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ
regionRuled Khorasan ⓘ
Khwarezm ⓘ
Transoxiana (intermittently) ⓘ
parts of the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
reignEnd 1030 ⓘ
reignStart c. 998 ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
successor Masʿud I of Ghazni ⓘ
linked to: Masud I of Ghazni

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