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1. Ghaznavids

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   The Ghaznavids were a Persianate Sunni Muslim dynasty of Turkic Mamluk origin that reigned over a vast empire stretching from Khwarazm and Rayy and parts of northern India in the east, centered in their capital, Ghazni (modern-day Afghanistan). Established by Sebüktegin toward the end of the 10th century CE, the dynasty reached its zenith under his son, Mahmud of Ghazni, who transformed the real…