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An unexploited source for the history of the Saljuqs : a translation of and critical commentary on the Akhbar. [PDF]
, 1985 Ayaz, Q.
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GHAZNAVID LEISURE ACTIVITIES IN TERMEZ (11TH CENTURY): SOME IDEAS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY
Ghaznavid relationships with Termez are often considered from a military and strategic point of view, as the city was a valuable bridgehead in Transoxiana against the Qarakhanids. On the other hand, the question of leisure activities is less often analysed by historians. We will be looking at two activities popular with the Ghaznavids at Termez, namely
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The Iskandarnama : an analysis of an anonymous medieval Persian prose romance [PDF]
, 2006 Venetis, Evangelos
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The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 2021
Almost all of our information on the Ghaznavids comes from two contemporary chronicles (one in Persian and one in Arabic) and a divan (poetic anthology) from the early eleventh century. The Arabic text is the Tarikh-i Yamini written by Abu Nasr al-ʻUtbi, and the Persian chronicle is the Zayn al-Akhbar by Gardizi.
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Almost all of our information on the Ghaznavids comes from two contemporary chronicles (one in Persian and one in Arabic) and a divan (poetic anthology) from the early eleventh century. The Arabic text is the Tarikh-i Yamini written by Abu Nasr al-ʻUtbi, and the Persian chronicle is the Zayn al-Akhbar by Gardizi.
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1975
The establishment of the Ghaznavid sultanate in the eastern Iranian world represents the first major breakthrough of Turkish power there against the indigenous dynasties. The Sāmānid in Transoxiana and Khurāsā meant that there was a strong barrier in the northeast against mass incursions from the steppes into the civilized zone.
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The establishment of the Ghaznavid sultanate in the eastern Iranian world represents the first major breakthrough of Turkish power there against the indigenous dynasties. The Sāmānid in Transoxiana and Khurāsā meant that there was a strong barrier in the northeast against mass incursions from the steppes into the civilized zone.
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Religious Life in the Ghaznavids
2023Ghaznavids, in todays Afghanistan and Pakistan, in the XIth and XIIth Century. It is a Turkish dynasty that ruled for centuries. The Ghaznavids, who were known for protecting the Islamic faith and supporting Sufism, a mystical branch of Islam, during their reign, followed the Hanafi sect, adhering to the Sunni understanding of Islam.
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Marriage, Political Alliance, and Imperial Polities in Early Ghaznavid History
Afghanistan, 2023This article considers how marriages were utilized in early Ghaznavid history to forge political alliances, establish relationships of power and to bind together different royal family households. Marriage was employed as a diplomatic tool to ease political tensions and to strengthen coalitions. The Ghaznavid ruler Maḥmūd (r.
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The Ghaznavid Period (5th/11th century)
1968The Samanid empire, outwardly so glorious, was inwardly however troubled by dissension and strife1,and this accounted for its falling an easy prey to the rapacity of Sultān Mahmūd and the Iligh-Khāns (Karakhānids, Āl-i Afrāsyāb). Sultān Mahmūd too relied for support on a guard of slaves belonging to various tribes and on volunteers (ghāzī or mutatavvi‹)
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