Ghazni

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Ghazni is a historic city in central Afghanistan that has long held strategic and military importance, including as a key battleground during the Anglo-Afghan conflicts.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ghazni canonical 30
Ghazna 1
Ghazni (for Hotak rule) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
capitalOf Ghazni Province ⓘ
capturedBy British forces in 1839 ⓘ
connectedBy Kabul–Kandahar Highway ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
elevation about 2219 meters ⓘ
ethnicGroups Hazaras ⓘ
Pashtuns ⓘ
Tajiks ⓘ
experiencedEvent destruction by Ghurid forces in 12th century ⓘ
flourishedAs center of Islamic learning ⓘ
center of Persianate culture ⓘ
governedBy provincial governor of Ghazni Province ⓘ
hasAirport Ghazni Airport ⓘ
hasClimate continental semi-arid climate ⓘ
hasCoordinateLatitude 33.5539 N ⓘ
hasCoordinateLongitude 68.4200 E ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site (Ghazni Minarets, tentative listing context) ⓘ
hasLandmark Citadel of Ghazni ⓘ
Ghazni Minarets ⓘ
Tomb of Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
hasPopulation over 100,000 (early 21st century estimate) ⓘ
historicalEra Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
knownFor Ghazni Minarets ⓘ
historic fortifications ⓘ
medieval Islamic architecture ⓘ
languageHistoricallyUsed Arabic (scholarly) ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
locatedIn Ghazni Province ⓘ
locatedInRegion central Afghanistan ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Ghazni River ⓘ
modernConflict site of clashes during the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
nearbyCity Kabul ⓘ
Kandahar ⓘ
notableBattle Storming of Ghazni (1839) ⓘ
notableRulerAssociated Mahmud of Ghazni ⓘ
Sebüktegin ⓘ
partOf Greater Khorasan (historical region) ⓘ
linked to: Khorasan
rebuiltIn medieval period after Ghaznavid decline ⓘ
religionHistoricallyDominant Islam ⓘ
servedAs capital of the Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ
strategicImportance gateway between Indian subcontinent and Central Asia ⓘ
key military stronghold on Kabul–Kandahar route ⓘ
wasBattlegroundIn First Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
Second Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
wasCapitalOf Ghaznavid dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Ghaznavid Empire

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (33)

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

Ghilji → associatedCity → Ghazni ⓘ
Muhammad of Ghor → territory → Ghazni ⓘ
Unsuri → activeIn → Ghazni ⓘ
Sabuktigin → capital → Ghazni ⓘ
Sabuktigin → militaryBase → Ghazni ⓘ
Sabuktigin → burialPlace → Ghazni ⓘ
Masud I of Ghazni → capital → Ghazni ⓘ
Ibrahim of Ghazni → capital → Ghazni ⓘ
Abu Rayhan al-Biruni → deathPlace → Ghazni ⓘ
subject linked to: Abu Rayhan
Ghuznee Street → namedAfter → Ghazni ⓘ
Battle of Ghazni → location → Ghazni ⓘ
Battle of Ghazni → location → Ghazni, Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to: Ghazni
Nawbahar → residence → Ghazni ⓘ
Nawbahar → region → Ghazni ⓘ
Ilahi-nama → associatedWith → Ghazni ⓘ
Divan of Sana'i → originalRegion → Ghazna ⓘ
linked to: Ghazni
Ghurid army → garrisoned → Ghazni ⓘ
Hujwiri → placeOfActivity → Ghazni ⓘ
Breda → twinTown → Ghazni ⓘ
subject linked to: Breda, Netherlands
Ghilji confederation → hasCapitalRegionHistorically → Ghazni (for Hotak rule) ⓘ
linked to: Ghazni