Facts: - death place: ghazni - title: sultan of the ghaznavid empire - reign: 1030-1030 - successor: mas ' ud i of ghazni - death date: 1041 - predecessor: mahmud of ghazni - father: mahmud of ghazni - birth date: 998 - name: '' ' muhammad '' ' - image: mohammadghaznavidcoin.jpg - birth place: ghazni -lrb- now in afghanistan -rrb- - religion: sunni islam - queen: daughter of abu ' l-nasr muhammad Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of muhammad of ghazni .
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muhammad of ghazni -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- died 1041 -rrb- was '' sultan '' of the ghaznavid empire briefly in 1030 , and then later from 1040 to 1041 .he ascended the throne upon the death of his father mahmud in 1030 .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 .nine years later he was reinstated for a year before being slain by his nephew maw ' dud .according to ferishta , his reign lasted only 50 days before he was blinded and imprisoned on the order of ma ' sud i .a year later he was murdered by his nephew maw ' dud .