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{{Infobox Former Country
|native_name ='''Gaznevîyyûn''' <br />'''غزنويون'''<br />'''غزنویان'''
|conventional_long_name = Ghaznavid Empire
|common_name  = Ghaznavid
|status       =
|year_start   = 963
|year_end     = 1186
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|p1           = Saffarid dynasty
|flag_p1      = Saffarid dynasty 861-1003.png
|p2           = Samanid dynasty
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|s1           = Ghurid dynasty
|flag_s1      = Ghori Dynasty 1149-1212 (AD).png
|s2           = Seljuk Empire
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|image_flag = Flag of Ghaznavid.svg
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|capital = [[Ghazni]]
|religion = [[Sunni Islam]]
|common_languages = *[[Turkic languages]] (<small>[[dynasty]] and [[army]]</small>)<br>
* [[Persian language|Persian]] (<small>[[official language|official]]</small>)
|government_type = Monarchy
|title_leader = [[Sultan]]
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The '''Ghaznavid Empire''' was a [[Khorasan|Khorāṣānian]] [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] 'persianate' [[Sunni Muslim]] state, which existed from 975 to 1187. It was centred in [[Ghazni]], a city in the present [[Afghanistan]]. It ruled much of [[Iran|Persia]], [[Central Asia|Transoxania]], [[Pakistan]] and the northern parts of [[India]]. The Ghaznavids are known for laying the foundation of [[Islam]]ic rule in northern India when they conquered [[Peshawar]] and the entire [[Punjab region]] including [[Haryana]] up to [[Delhi]] in the year 1001. Their last outpost of conquest in north India was in [[Meerut]] city in [[Uttar Pradesh]]. The Ghaznavids relied strongly on [[Persian language]] and Persian culture and are therefore classified heavily as a "Persianate" empire.

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[[Category:History of Persia]]


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