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1. Ghaznavids

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   Cultural Patronage
   Ghazni became a thriving intellectual center rivaling Baghdad and Cordoba. Mahmud sponsored numerous scholars, poets, and scientists. The most notable figure associated with the court was the Persian polymath Al-Biruni, who resided at the court and completed his seminal work, Kitāb taḥdīd nihāyāt al-amākin li-taṣḥīḥ masāfāt al-makān (The Determination of the Coordinates of Places for the Correction of Distances Between Cities), which contains his famous calculation of Earth's circumference, determined using specialized surveying equipment crafte…