Ghaznavid Empire
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| Ghaznavid Empire | ||||||||||||||
| Gaznevîyyûn غزنويون غزنویان |
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| Capital | Ghazni | |||||||||||||
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| Government | Monarchy | |||||||||||||
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| • | Established | 963 | ||||||||||||
| • | Disestablished | 1186 | ||||||||||||
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The Ghaznavid Empire was a Khorāṣānian Turkish Sunni Muslim state, which existed from 975 to 1187. It was centered in Ghazni, a city in present Afghanistan, and ruled much of Persia, Transoxania, and the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent.
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