Ruler · 998 – 1041

Muhammad of Ghazni

Lived 998 – 1041. Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire (Ghaznavid Empire), 1030 – 1041.

Wikidata's English label: Mohammad 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: 998 – 1041; 43 years
In office: 11 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 16 dated reigns · 997 – 1186

Ismail of Ghazni997 – 998

Muhammad of Ghazni1030 – 1041

Masʽud I1030 – 1041

Mawdud of Ghazni1041 – 1048

Masud II1048

11 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 1030 – 1041 · 11 years · came to it aged 32

Came to it: inheritedthe nephew or niece of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1041, the year they died

He ascended the throne upon the death of his father Mahmud in 1030.

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