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  Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Mahmud of Ghazni
Mahmud's grandfather was Alptigin, a Turkic general from Balkh in Turkestan who crossed the Hindu Kush mountains to seize Ghazni, located strategically on the road between Kabul and Kandahar.
Alptigin was succeeded in 977 by his son Sabuktigin, who enlarged upon his Alptigin's conquests, extending his domain north to Balkh, west to Kandahar and Khorasan, and east to the Indus.
Sabuktigin was recognized by the Caliph in Baghdad as governor of his dominions, and died in 997, succeeded by his son Mahmud.
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 Quaest.io on Mahmud Of Ghazna
Alptigin was succeeded in 977 by his slave and son-in-law Sabuktigin, who enlarged upon Alptigin's conquests, extending his domain north to Balkh, west to Kandahar and Khorasan, and east to the Indus River.
Sabuktigin was recognized by the Caliph in Baghdad as governor of his dominions.
Mahmud and Sabuktigin defeat Samanid rebels at Tus.
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 News | TimesDaily.com | TimesDaily | Florence, AL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
He defaulted upon this and imprisoned Sabuktigin's collectors and assembled an army allied with forces from the kingdoms of Delhi, Ajmer, Kalinjar, and Kannauj which was defeated at the banks of the Neelum.
Sebuk Tigin had increased upon Alptigin's domains by extending his domain north to Balkh, west to Kandahar and Khorasan, and east to the Indus River, Sabuktigin was eventually recognized by the Caliph in Baghdad as governor of his dominions.
Sultan Sabuktigin grew sick in Balkh during his campaign and retired to Ghazni where he was succeeded by his son, Ismail.
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 [2007/3/4 01:43:30]◆Surf Title:Sebük Tigin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Upon Alptigins in 975 death both Sabuktigin and Alptigins son Abu-Ishaq went to Bokhara and mend fences with the Samanids.
Abu-Ishaq soon died soon after in 977 and Sabuktigin succeeded him to the governorship of Ghazni and married Alptigin's daughter.
Sabuktigin then annexed Afghanistan and Peshawar all land west of the Neelum.
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 AfghanHindu.com - Afghan Hindu Association
He was anxious for religious war with the Hindus and ravaged the provinces of Kabul and Punjab.
Sabuktigin with his later to be infamous son, Mahmud, gorged on the Hindu population with butchery and sorcery, the likes of which had not been seen before in the subcontinent.
They were routed and the Khyber Pass and countless number of elephants and other booty fell into the hands of Sabuktigin.
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 Taternes Landsforening - 20 desember - en merkedag for Rrom-folk!
Sabuktigin and Mahmud of Ghazni, as also Muhammad of Ghur, about 150 years later, were lucky to enjoy some kind of moral support from a section of the Indian people.
Accordingly, Pirai’s foreign policy was followed by his successor Amir Sabuktigin, who was a slave and son-in-law of Alaptigin and became king of Ghazni in April 977 A.D. endowed with the temperament of a powerful and ambitious chief.
Sabuktigin died in 977 A.D. and was succeeded by his famous son, Mahmud, though not without a war of succession between him and his younger brother, Ismaili, who was nominated heir by their dying father.
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 Machmud of Ghazni - Associated Content
Alptigin’s slave son-in-law, Sabuktigin, took the reigns of the fledgling empire upon Alptigin’s death in 977 AD.
Sabuktigin expanded upon the lands taken first by his father-in-law.
Sabuktigin also legitimized his control of the land through the Caliph of Baghdad, the most important leader in the Muslim world of the time.
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 Shahi information - Search.com
In the 980's, Sabuktigin, the Turkic ruler of Ghazni, defeated the Shahis and captured the Khyber Pass region as far as the Indus River.
The Shahi retained a small territory in the eastern Punjab until 1026, when it too was captured by Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna.
Initially, Emperor Jayapala was challenged by the armies of Sabuktigin and later by his son Mahmud.
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 History Islamic Conquest In India - History Of Ancient, Medieval And Modern India.
From this period, the conquered area was divided into two parts: the Northern region comprising the Punjab remained under the control of Hindu Rajas, while the Southern coastal areas comprising of Baluchistan, Sindh, and Multan came under Muslim control.
Under Sabuktigin, Ghazni found itself in conflict with the Shahi Raja Jayapala.
When Sabuktigin died and his son Mahmud ascended the throne in 998, Ghazni was engaged in the North with the Qarakhanids when the Shahi Raja renewed hostilities.
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 Temple desecration in pre-modern India
It is well known that, during the two centuries before 1192, which was when an indigenous Indo-Muslim state and community first appeared in north India, Persianised Turks systematically raided and looted major urban centres of South Asia, sacking temples and hauling immense loads of movable property to power bases in eastern Afghanistan.
The pattern commenced in 986, when the Ghaznavid Sultan Sabuktigin (reign 977-997) attacked and defeated the Hindu Shahi raja who controlled the region between Kabul an d northwest Punjab.
According to Abu Nasr `Utbi, the personal secretary to the sultan's son, Sabuktigin "marched out towards Lamghan (located to the immediate east of Kabul), which is a city celebrated for its great strength and abounding in wealth.
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 Shahi Biography on DanceAge
They briefly recaptured the Kabul Valley from the Samanids who succeeded the Saffarids until Alptigin who drove out the Samanid wali of Zabulistan established the Ghaznavid dynasty at Ghazna and recaptured the area.
Under his general and successor Sabuktigin the Ghaznavids had begun to raid the provinces of Lamghan
This precipated an alliance first between the then King Jayapala and the Amirs of Multan, and then in a second battle in alliance with Delhi, Ajmer, Kalinjar and Kannauj which saw the Hindu Shahi lose all lands west of the Indus River.
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 The Terror That Came from Afghanistan by Neria Harish Hebbar, MD
One hundred fifty years later Lahore was the first city to fall to the next Turkish terrorist from Afghanistan, namely, Muhammad of Ghor
Aptigin —> Sabuktigin> Mahmud of Ghazni —> Masud
The Ghaznivads had little influence in India by the late 12th century when an ambitious sultan from Ghor, another man of Turkish descent in Afghanistan, showed expansionist intentions.
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 KHANPUR
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The ancestor of the present Raja, was Kaid of Isfahan, said to be a son of Bahram V, the Sassanid ruler of Persia, his descendants controlled a sizeable area of the Hazara and Rawalpindi districts prior to the coming of the Muslim invaders from the North/North West around the 10th-11th centuries.
Gakhar legends say that they were converted to Islam before joining with Sabuktigin, founder of the Ghaznavid Empire, and father of Mahmud of Ghazni, in his invasions of India.
The Gakhars converted to Islam en masse around 1205 during the rule of Muhammed Ghori.
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 Gandhara - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
However, timing of this expansion of Gandhara kingdom coincided with the rising of a powerful Ghaznavid Empire under Sabuktigin.
Defeated twice by Sabuktigin and then by Mahmud of Ghazni in Kabul valley.
Son of Jaypala, Anandpala moved his capital near Nandana in Salt Range.
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 Shahi at AllExperts
Bhima had visited Kashmir and built the temple Bhima Keshava.
His son and successor, Sultan Mahmud, waged several campaigns against the Shahi, capturing most of the kingdom in 1008.
Emperor Jayapala was challenged by the armies of Sultan Sabuktigin and later by his son Sultan Mahmud.
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 Islamset-Islam - Turkish Ghaznawid State
Alptigin managed to establish a state independent of the Samanids called the Ghaznawid State.
After his death, he was succeeded by his mamluk and son-in-law Nasser-El-Din Sabuktigin who fought in the name of Samanids in northern India; he captured Pest and Kasdar in 368 A.H. and defeated the armies of Jeebal, Raja of Lahore, on the Punjab border.
He was succeeded by his son Mahmud of Ghazna (388-421 A.H. under whose rule the state reached the peak of its prosperity.
www.islamset.com /islam/civil/ghazna.html   (526 words)

  
 Punjabi.net discussions chat forums
After the Battle of Talas in 751 CE, the Chinese lost control of Central Asia to the Muslim Arabs and many of the Kayanis living there converted to Islam, while some left for other parts of China.
Thus, although Gakhar legends say that they converted to Islam prior to joining Sabuktigin in his campaigns in India, the process of conversion was probably very slow and incremental.
At every encounter with Muslims, some Kayanis converted, while others escaped to build new power bases and alliances.
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 Asia Times Online Community and News Discussion - ZIMMIS [NON MUSLIMS] for Rockstart/Minu.
With this age, ancient India came to an end.
At the turn of its last century, Sabuktigin and mahmud came to power in Ghazni.Their lust, which found expression in the following decades, was to shake the very foundations of life in India, releasing new forces, They gave birth to medieval India.
Till the rise of Hindu power in eighteenth century.
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