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[73] Sultan Mahmud had numerous spies (called mushrifs) across his empire, supervised by the special department within his diwan. [ 74 ] Mahmud was a patron of literature, especially poetry, and he was occasionally found in the company of talented poets either in his palace or in the royal garden.
Mahmud II was born on 20 July 1785, in the month of Ramazan.He was the son of Abdul Hamid I and his Seventh consort Nakşidil Kadin.He was the youngest son of his father, and the second child of his mother, he had an elder brother, Şehzade Seyfullah Murad, two years older than him, and a younger sister, Saliha Sultan, one year younger than him, both dead in infancy.
Mahmud I (Ottoman Turkish: محمود اول, Turkish: I. Mahmud; 2 August 1696 – 13 December 1754), known as Mahmud the Hunchback, [2] was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1730 to 1754. He took over the throne after the quelling of the Patrona Halil rebellion. His reign was marked by wars in Persia and conflicts in Europe. He delegated ...
Mahmud was the first Muslim ruler to commission coinage featuring bilingual inscriptions and dates in both Arabic and Sanskrit/Devanagari. [4] Mahmud left the empire to his son Mohammed, who was mild, affectionate and soft. His brother, Mas'ud, asked for three provinces that he had won by his sword, but his brother did not consent. Mas'ud had ...
The Ghaznavid campaigns in India refer to a series of military expeditions lasting 54 years (973–1027) [original research?] launched by the Ghaznavid Empire, a prominent empire of the 10th and 11th centuries, into the Indian subcontinent, led primarily by Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni (r.
Mahmud: Mahmud of Ghazna is made Amir of Ghazna. [4] May 999 Battle of Merv Merv: Mahmud of Ghazni(Samanid forces for Mansur II) Samanid forces of Abd al-Malik II: Mahmud of Ghazni [5] 1001 Battle of Peshawar: Peshawar: Mahmud of Ghazni: Jayapala(Kabul Shahi) Ghaznavids [6] 1005-6 Siege of Multan Multan: Mahmud of Ghazni: Fateh Daud: Ghaznavids ...
Nasir al-Din Mahmud I (1088–1094) was an infant sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1092 to 1094, [1] with most power held by his mother Terken Khatun.He was a younger son of the former sultan Malik Shah I and proclaimed sultan at Baghdad by the caliph al-Muqtadi (r. 1075–1094).
However, Muhammad kept violating the treaty, and in 1030 wrested Ray from the Ghaznavids. During the same period, Mahmud, because of his bad relations with Mas'ud, changed his opinion, and appointed Mohammad as his heir, [1] who was much less experienced in government and military affairs than Mas'ud. Mahmud shortly died, and was succeeded by ...