Mas'ud I of Ghazni
Mas'ud I of Ghazni , known as Amīr-i Shahīd ("the martyr king")
(998 – 17 January 1040), was "sultan" of the Ghaznavid Empire from 1030 to 1040.
He rose to power by seizing the Ghaznavid throne from his younger twin Mohammad, who had been nominated as the heir upon the death of their father Mahmud of Ghazni.
His twin was shortly blinded and imprisoned.
However, when much of Mas'ud's western domains had been wrested from his control, his troops rebelled against him and reinstated Mohammad to the throne.
Mahmud of Ghazni
Mahmud of Ghazni (2 November 971 – 30 April 1030) was the first independent ruler of the Ghaznavid dynasty, ruling from 999 to 1030.
At the time of his death, his kingdom had been transformed into an extensive military empire, which extended from northwestern Iran proper to the Punjab in the Indian subcontinent, Khwarazm in Transoxiana, and Makran.
Highly Persianized, Mahmud continued the bureaucratic, political, and cultural customs of his predecessors, the Samanids, which proved to establish the groundwork for a Persianate state in northern India.
His capital of Ghazni evolved into a significant cultural, commercial, and intellectual center in the Islamic world, almost rivaling the important city of Baghdad.
The capital appealed to many prominent figures, such as al-Biruni and Ferdowsi.
He was the first ruler to hold the title "Sultanauthority"), signifying the extent of his power while at the same time preserving an ideological link to the suzerainty of the Abbasid Caliphate.
During his rule, he invaded and plundered parts of the Indian subcontinent (east of the Indus River) seventeen times.
Rocío Gálvez
Rocío Gálvez Luna( born 15 April 1997) is a Spanish professional football defender currently playing for Levante UD of the Primera División.
Ahmad Maymandi
Abuʾl- Ḥasan al- Qāsim Aḥmad ibn Ḥasan Maymandī( died 31 December 1032), better known as Ahmad Maymandi( also spelled Maimandi), and also known by his honorific title of Shams al- Kufat(" sun of the capable ones"), was a Persian" vizier" of the Ghaznavid Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni and the latter's son Mas'ud I of Ghazni.
The son of the governor of Bust, Maymandi was raised as the foster brother of the Ghaznavid prince Mahmud, and would first start his administrative career as the head of the department of correspondence of Khorasan.
He would thereafter rapidly rise to higher offices, finally becoming the" vizier" of the Ghaznavid dynasty in 1013, which would last until 1024, when he was arrested due to the great amount of wealth that he had gained, which the suspicious Mahmud disliked.
However, after a brief civil war, which ended in 1030, Maymandi was freed by Mahmud's son Mas'ud I, who offered him the chance of becoming" vizier" again.
He first rejected the offer, but later accepted in 1031.
Maymandi's second vizeriate would only last one year, when he died at Herat.
He was succeeded by Ahmad Shirazi.
Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud
Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud (1108 – September 13, 1152) was the Seljuq Sultan of Iraq and western Persia in 1133–1152.
He was the son of sultan Muhammad I Tapar.
At the age of twelve (1120–1121), he rebelled unsuccessfully against his elder brother, Mahmud II, who however forgave him.
At Mahmud's death in 1131, the power was contended between Mahmud's son, Dawud, Mas'ud, whose powerbase was in Iraq, Seljuq-Shah (in Fars and Khuzistan) and Toghrul II.
In 1133 Mas'ud was able to obtain recognition as sultan from the emirs of Baghdad, and to receive the investiture by caliph al-Mustarshid.
Toghrul, who controlling the eastern provinces of the western Seljuq, launched a military campaign but was defeated by Mas'ud in May 1133.
Toghrul died in 1134.
Also in 1133 Mas'ud supported Zengi, besieged by al-Mustarshid's troops in Mosul.
In 1135 caliph al-Mustarshid contested his authority but, on 14 June of that year, he was defeated and made prisoner at Daimarg, between Hamadan and Baghdad, and killed two months later by the Hashshashins.
As al-Mustarshid's successor, al-Rashid, also rebelled with the support of Zengi, Mas'ud besieged him in Baghdad, forcing him to flee to Mosul, where he was also killed by the Hashshashins.
Although able to ensure control over Iraq, Mas'ud's power over the rest of the Suljuq empire was uncertain: apart from Khorasan and Transoxiana, which had been long time under the control of his uncle Ahmed Sanjar, Dawud kept control over Azerbaijan for several years, while weastern Persia was effectively ruled by emir Bozaba until Mas'ud defeated him, together with other emirs, in 1147.
In 1148 Mas'ud faced another coalition against him, this time aiming to place Malik Shah on the throne in his place.
During his troublesome reign, Mas'ud was forced to accept to delegate his authority to numerous emirs with the Iqta', a tax institution which reduced the imperial incomes.
Other became effectively independent sultans, such as Zengi.
This caused, according to historian ibn al-Athir, the beginning of the steep decline of the Seljuq Empire.
Mas'ud died at Hamadan in 1152.
He was briefly succeeded by Malik Shah, who had been forgiven by Mas'ud, and also given one the sultan's daughters as spouse.
Ismail Khandan
Isma'il Khandan was the ruler of Khwarazm, an ancient state along the previous Aral Sea, from 1035 to 1041 AD.
He was the son of Altun Tash.
In 1035 Isma'il's brother Harun was assassinated by his guards at the instigation of the Ghaznavid sultan Mas'ud I of Ghazni.
Isma'il took control of Khwarazm, and like his brother defied Mas'ud and gave support to the Seljuks, who were also hostile to Mas'ud.
In response Mas'ud turned to the Oghuz Yabghu( chieftain), Shah Malik, for support, inviting him to take over the governorship of Khwarazm.
In the winter of 1040/ 1041 Isma'il was defeated by Shah Malik and forced to flee to the Seljuks.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
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The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Mawdud of Ghazni
Shahāb- ud- Dawla Mawdūd( died 1050), known as Mawdud of Ghazni, was a sultan of the Ghaznavids from 1041- 50.
He seized the throne of the sultanate from his uncle, Muhammad of Ghazni, in revenge for the murder of his father, Mas'ud I of Ghazni.
His brother Majdud in Lahore did not recognize him as sultan, but his sudden death paved the way for Mawdud to exercise control over the eastern portion of the Ghaznavid Empire.
Mawdud inherited an empire whose entire western half was overrun by the Seljuk Empire and was battling to continue existing.
During his reign the further reaches of the Indian conquests and vassal states also broke away.
Mawdud was able to hold on to his Afghan realms and Indus valley territories while stabilizing while pushing north into Central Asia and stabilizing his western front with the Seljuqs.
Keikavus, author of the" Qabus nama", was a guest at Mawdud's court for seven to eight years.
Claudia Zornoza
Claudia Zornoza Sánchez( born 20 October 1990) is a Spanish football midfielder who plays for Levante UD of the Primera División and the Spain national team.
Harun, Ghaznavid Governor of Khwarezm
Harun( died 1035) was the de facto ruler( later Shah) of Khwarazm from 1032 to 1035.
He was the son of Altun Tash.
Following his father's death in 1032, Harun was effectively made governor of Khwarazm by the Ghaznavid sultan Mas'ud.
The title of Khwarazm- Shah was not given to him, but to Mas'ud's son Sa'id; Mas'ud had been distrustful of Altun Tash and probably wanted to avoid giving his son too much power.
In 1034, however, Harun revolted against Mas'ud, assuming the title of Khwarazm- Shah, and turned to the Ghaznavids' enemies, the Karakhanids of Samarkand and the Seljuks, for support.
Mas'ud managed to put an end to this revolt by gaining the support of Harun's guards, who assassinated him.
Khwarazm then fell to Harun's brother Ismail Khandan.

Question: When was Mas'Ud I Of Ghazni's father born?
Answer: 2 November 971