Ruler · 971 – 1030

Mahmud of Ghazni

Lived 971 – 1030. Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire (Ghaznavid Empire), 998 – 1030.

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Lived: 971 – 1030; 59 years
In office: 32 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Ghaznavid Empire
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire

Ghaznavid Empire · the 2nd of 17 dated reigns · 997 – 1186

Ismail of Ghazni997 – 998

Mahmud of Ghazni998 – 1030

Muhammad of Ghazni1030 – 1041

Masʽud I1030 – 1041

Mawdud of Ghazni1041 – 1048

12 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 998 – 1030 · 32 years · came to it aged 27

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1030, the year they died

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