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d. 997

Abu Mansur Sabuktigin (Persian: ابو منصور سبکتگین‬‎) (ca 942 – August 997), also spelled as Sabuktagin, Sabuktakin, Sebüktegin and Sebük Tigin, was the founder of the Ghaznavid dynasty, ruling from 367 A.H./977 A.D. to 387 A.H./997 A.D.

Also known as: Amîr Subuktigîn, Amîr Subuktigîn of Ghazni, Subuktigin

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“After this with kingly energy and determination, he girded up his loins for a war of religion, and invaded Hindustan, and carried away many prisoners of war and other plunder; and in every country, which he conquered, he founded mosques, and he endeavoured to ruin and desolate the territories of Raja Jaipal who, at that time, was the ruler of Hindustan.”

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