A successor state to the Samanids, this dynasty's greatest ruler was Mahmud, who patronized Firdausi, warred with the Buyids, and repeatedly clashed with Jaipal, the Raja of the Punjab, during his 17 expeditions that resulted in Islam being brought into the interior of India.
One member of this dynasty brought the scholar al-Biruni to his court, and artistic achievements during this dynasty included the introduction of the ground plan of four eyvan, or open vaults, as exemplified by the palace at Lashkari Bazar. Located across the Oxus from the territories of the Qarakhanids, this dynasty's history was written by Bul-Fazli Bayhaqi and was the first major work in New Persian, a language encouraged by this dynasty's rulers. This dynasty ended when the Ghurids overran its capital of Lahore in 1186, to which its sultan Masud I had retreated following the battle of Dandanqan in 1140. A successor state to the Samanids, this dynasty's greatest ruler was Mahmud, who patronized Firdausi, warred with the Buyids, and repeatedly clashed with Jaipal, the Raja of the Punjab, during his 17 expeditions that resulted in Islam being brought into the interior of India. Founded by Sebuktigin, for ten points, identify this Turkish dynasty situated in Khorasan, Afghanistan, and northern India, which took its name from its capital, an Afghan city.
One member of this dynasty brought the scholar al-Biruni to his court, and artistic achievements during this dynasty included the introduction of the ground plan of four eyvan, or open vaults, as exemplified by the palace at Lashkari Bazar.
{Ghaznavid} dynasty