Mahmud of Ghazni

[ muh-mood; guhz-nee ]

noun

1. a.d. 971?–1030, Muslim Amir of Ghazni 997–1030.

Example Sentences

It was there that the poet Ferdowsi, whose stature in Persian letters is comparable to Shakespeare’s in English, presented his epic work, the Shahnameh, to Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni.

From New York Times

The problem here is not that he is wrong but that he fails to consider that much of the rest of his story, whether the rise of the nomadic Seljuks or Asian jihadists such as Mahmud of Ghazni, Tamerlane or Babur, was no less driven by utter brutality.

From Washington Post

Among the observations of the past: Alberuni, a scholar in the court of the Turkish conqueror Mahmud of Ghazni, who brought him to India around A.D.

From New York Times

It flourished during the reign of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni, who ruled from 998 to 1030, and was a man of literature and poetry, with more than 700 poets living in his palace.

From The Guardian

Amongst the many thousands of Lingas, twelve are usually regarded as of especial sanctity, one of which, that of Somnath in Gujarat, where Siva is worshipped as “the lord of Soma,” was, however, shattered by Mahmud of Ghazni; whilst another, representing Siva as Visvesvara, or “Lord of the Universe,” is the chief object of adoration at Benares, the great centre of Siva-worship.

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