Life of muhammad ghazni

Sultan of Ghaznavid dynasty (r.

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Muhammad of Ghazni (Persian: محمد غزنوی) (b. – d. ) was Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire briefly in , and then later from to He ascended the throne upon the death of his father Mahmud in He was the younger of a set of twins; this circumstance resulted in civil strife. His reign lasted five months before he was overthrown by his twin Ma'sud I, after which he was blinded and imprisoned on the order of Ma'sud I.

According to Ferishta, his reign lasted only 50 days. Nine years later he was reinstated for a year before being slain by his nephew Maw'dud after losing a battle in Nangrahar.

Biography

Muhammad was born, along with his elder twin brother Mas'ud, in in the Ghaznavid capital of Ghazni.

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In ca. , Mohammad married the daughter of the Farighunid ruler Abu'l-Nasr Muhammad. Two years later after the death of Abu'l-Nasr Muhammad, Muhammad was appointed by his father as the governor of Guzgan, thus putting an end to t