Mahmud of Ghazni
E120195
Mahmud of Ghazni was an 11th-century Turkic ruler and military conqueror who transformed Ghazni into a powerful Islamic empire and a major center of Persian culture.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mahmud of Ghazni canonical | 14 |
| Amir of Ghazni | 1 |
| Mahmud | 1 |
| Sabuktigin | 1 |
| Sultan of Ghazni | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1040038 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Mahmud of Ghazni Context triple: [Shahnameh, commissionedBy, Mahmud of Ghazni]
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Qutb al-Din Aibak
Qutb al-Din Aibak was a former slave-commander who founded the Mamluk (Slave) dynasty in northern India and initiated the construction of the Qutub Minar in Delhi.
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Dalbandin
Dalbandin is a small town in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, known as an important stop along the Quetta–Taftan highway and for its proximity to the Chagai nuclear testing sites.
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Muhammad bin Qasim
Muhammad bin Qasim was an 8th-century Umayyad general renowned for leading the early Muslim conquest of parts of the Indian subcontinent, particularly in the region of Sindh.
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Ulugh Beg
Ulugh Beg was a 15th-century Timurid ruler, astronomer, and mathematician renowned for building a major observatory in Samarkand and producing highly accurate astronomical tables.
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E.
Nur-ud-Din Pasha
Nur-ud-Din Pasha was an Ottoman general who played a leading role in commanding Ottoman forces during the Mesopotamian campaign of World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Mahmud of Ghazni Target entity description: Mahmud of Ghazni was an 11th-century Turkic ruler and military conqueror who transformed Ghazni into a powerful Islamic empire and a major center of Persian culture.
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A.
Qutb al-Din Aibak
Qutb al-Din Aibak was a former slave-commander who founded the Mamluk (Slave) dynasty in northern India and initiated the construction of the Qutub Minar in Delhi.
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B.
Dalbandin
Dalbandin is a small town in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, known as an important stop along the Quetta–Taftan highway and for its proximity to the Chagai nuclear testing sites.
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C.
Muhammad bin Qasim
Muhammad bin Qasim was an 8th-century Umayyad general renowned for leading the early Muslim conquest of parts of the Indian subcontinent, particularly in the region of Sindh.
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D.
Ulugh Beg
Ulugh Beg was a 15th-century Timurid ruler, astronomer, and mathematician renowned for building a major observatory in Samarkand and producing highly accurate astronomical tables.
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E.
Nur-ud-Din Pasha
Nur-ud-Din Pasha was an Ottoman general who played a leading role in commanding Ottoman forces during the Mesopotamian campaign of World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ghaznavid dynasty ruler
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Muslim ⓘ Turkic ruler ⓘ conqueror ⓘ military leader ⓘ ruler ⓘ sultan ⓘ |
| birthDate | 971 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Ghazni Province
ⓘ
surface form:
Ghazni
|
| burialPlace |
Ghazni Province
ⓘ
surface form:
Ghazni
|
| campaignsAgainst |
Anandapala
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Hindu Shahi dynasty ⓘ
surface form:
Hindu Shahi kingdom
Raja Jayapala ⓘ |
| capital |
Ghazni Province
ⓘ
surface form:
Ghazni
|
| deathDate | 1030 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Ghazni Province
ⓘ
surface form:
Ghazni
|
| dynasty |
Ghaznavid Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Ghaznavid dynasty
|
| ethnicOrigin | Turkic ⓘ |
| expandedEmpireTo |
Gujarat
ⓘ
surface form:
Gujarat (through raids)
Punjab ⓘ Sindh ⓘ |
| father | Sabuktigin ⓘ |
| fullName | Yamīn al-Dawla Abū al-Qāsim Maḥmūd ibn Sebüktegīn ⓘ |
| governmentType | centralized monarchy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
frequent raids into the Indian subcontinent
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patronage of Persian culture ⓘ patronage of literature and arts ⓘ transforming Ghazni into a major empire ⓘ |
| languageOfCourt | Persian ⓘ |
| legacy | established Ghazni as a center of Persianate culture ⓘ |
| militaryTactic | use of highly mobile cavalry ⓘ |
| mother | Nawbahar ⓘ |
| name | Mahmud of Ghazni self-link ⓘ |
| notableRaid | raid on Somnath temple in 1025 ⓘ |
| patronOf |
Asjadi
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Farrukhi Sistani ⓘ Ferdowsi ⓘ Unsuri ⓘ Abu Rayhan ⓘ
surface form:
al-Biruni
|
| promoted | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| regionRuled |
Ghazni Province
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surface form:
Ghazni
Khorasan ⓘ parts of Central Asia ⓘ parts of Iran ⓘ parts of the Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1030 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 997 ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| successor | Masud I of Ghazni ⓘ |
| title |
Mahmud of Ghazni
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Sultan of Ghazni
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Subject: Mahmud of Ghazni Description of subject: Mahmud of Ghazni was an 11th-century Turkic ruler and military conqueror who transformed Ghazni into a powerful Islamic empire and a major center of Persian culture.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.