Ruler · 1020 – 1049

Mawdud of Ghazni

Lived 1020 – 1049. Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire (Ghaznavid Empire), 1041 – 1048.

Wikidata's English label: Maw'dud Ghaznavi.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1020 – 1049; 29 years
In office: 7 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Ghaznavid Empire
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire

Ghaznavid Empire · the 4th of 16 dated reigns · 997 – 1186

Ismail of Ghazni997 – 998

Muhammad of Ghazni1030 – 1041

Masʽud I1030 – 1041

Mawdud of Ghazni1041 – 1048

Masud II1048

Ali of Ghazna1048 – 1049

Abd al-Rashid ben Mahmud1049 – 1052

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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 1041 – 1048 · 7 years · came to it aged 29

Came to it: seized powerthe child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1048; they died in 1049

He seized the throne of the sultanate from his uncle, Muhammad of Ghazni, in revenge for the murder of his father, Mas'ud I of Ghazni.

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