Ghaznavids

25 07, 2017

Seljuk Dynasty – Medieval Islamic history

By |2019-12-06T05:51:52-08:00July 25th, 2017|History, Islam|Comments Off on Seljuk Dynasty – Medieval Islamic history

The Seljuks defeat the Persians (1040 AD) The Seljuks were Turkic nomads from Turkmenistan. They were related to the Uighurs. They entered the Abbasid empire around 950 AD and gradually converted to Sunni Islam. By 1030 AD the Seljuks [...]

23 07, 2017

Ghaznavids – Medieval Islam

By |2019-07-05T11:22:44-07:00July 23rd, 2017|History, India, Islam, West Asia|Comments Off on Ghaznavids – Medieval Islam

Ghaznavids: A minaret in Ghazni (Afghanistan), from about 1000 AD Abbasid soldiers Beginning in the 850s AD, the Abbasid caliphs of the Islamic Empire were looking for soldiers they would be able to trust, who [...]

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