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Ghaznavids
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Ghaznavids
The
Ghaznavid
dynasty was a
Persianate
Muslim
dynasty of
Turkic
mamluk
origin at their greatest extent ruling large parts of
Iran
, much of
Transoxiana
, and
North India
from 977–1186. The dynasty was founded by
Sabuktigin
, upon his succession to rule of
Ghazna
after the death of his father-in-law,
Alp Tigin
, who was a breakaway ex-general of the
Samanid Empire
from
Balkh
, north of the
Hindu Kush
in
Greater Khorasan
.
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