Mahmud of Ghazni

Mahmud of Ghazni (Persian: محمود غزنوی‎; 2 November 971 – 30 April 1030) or Mahmud Ghaznavi[1] was the main free leader of the Turkic[2][3] tradition of Ghaznavids, administering from 999 to 1030. At the hour of his demise, his realm had been changed into a broad military domain, which stretched out from northwestern Iran legitimate to the Punjab in the Indian subcontinent, Khwarazm in Transoxiana, and Makran.