The Ghaznavids: their empire in Afghanistan and eastern Iran, 994 : 1040

1oth century Abdallah Abu Sa'id ad-Daula ad-Din administration Ahmad Alitigin Alptigin Altuntash Amir Arabic Arslan Baghdad Baih Baihaqi Balkh Barthold Bukhara Buyids Cahen campaigns Central Asia Chaghri commander court Dailami Dandanqan dinars Diwdn Diwdn-i dmil dynasty early Ghaznavids eastern Islamic elephants favour Gard Ghaz ghazis Ghazna Ghaznavid army Ghaznavid empire governor of Khurasan Gurgan Hanafi Hasanak Herat Ibn Funduq Ibrahim India Iranian Islamic Islamic world Isma'il Jurb Karamiyya Khan Khurasan Khurasanian Khwarizm Khwarizmshah lands later leaders Maimandi Manuchihri Maqd Mas'ud Mas'ud's reign mentions Merv military Muhammad Muslim Nasr navids Nazim Nishapur Nizam al-Mulk nomads numbers officials Oghuz organisation Oxus Persian poets political province Qadi qandts Qarakhanids ra'is region religious ruler Saffarids Samanids Sarakhs Sayyids Sebuktigin Seljuqs Shafi'i Shaikh Sistan slaves sources steppes Sufis Sultan Sultan Mahmud Ta'rikh-i Toghril towns Transoxania troops Turkestan Turkish Turkmens Turks ulema Utbi Vizier Yabghu Yusuf Ziyarids