page_title: Ghazni under the Ghaznavids
section_title: Under the Ghaznavid rulers
hierarchical_section_title: Ghazni under the Ghaznavids / History of the Ghaznavid city / Under the Ghaznavid rulers
caption_attribution_description: English: Folio from the Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp. Русский: Ага Мирек. Фирдоуси принимает придворных поэтов из Газны. деталь миниатюры. «Шахнаме» Фирдоуси. ок. 1532 г. Коллекция Садруддина Ага-хана, Женева.
context_page_description: Ghazni is a city in southeastern Afghanistan, which served as the capital of the Ghaznavid Empire from 977 to 1163.
context_section_description: In 1052, the rebellious slave-soldier (ghulam) Toghrul seized Ghazni, had Abd al-Rashid killed, and had the sultan's men jailed in a stronghold. However, Toghrul's reign lasted only 15 days; he was defeated and killed by Ghaznavid loyalists, who put Farrukh-zad (r. 1053–1059) on the throne.
  The city's good fortune came to an unexpected and ruthless end when it was sacked and set on fire in 1151 by the Ghurid Sultan Ala al-Din Husayn (r. 1149-1161). All the tombs of the Ghaznavid rulers, with the exception of Mahmud, Mas'ud I and Ibrahim, were broken open and the remains burned. From these events, Ala ad-Din Husayn gained the nickname, Jahānsūz (meaning the World Burner).
caption: Ferdowsi with the other poets from the court of Ghazni.
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