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| | Ghaznvids Dynasty |
 | | Mahmud was acknowledged by the caliph and given an honorary title; from 1001 his Indian conquests proceeded as far as Gujarat, Sind, and Kanauj in the center of the subcontinent, and paved the way for Islam in India. |
 | | His son, Mahmud of Ghazna (998- 1030), the most important early Islamic conqueror, eliminated the Samanids rule over Khorasan in 999, conquered Baluchistan and Khwarazmia, neutralized the Qarakhanids and fought as a strict Sunnite against the Buyids (Rayy was captured in 1029). |
 | | Following the conquest of the town of Ghazna by the Samanids army commander Alptegin in 962, his successor Sebuktegin (977-997) became governor of the Samanids in the Ghazna region, where he enjoyed de facto independent rule and conquered lands in Khorasan. |
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