Ghaznavids - List of Rulers

List of Rulers

# Laqab Personal Name Reign Succession right Notes
1 ?
?		 Alptigin 961-963
2 ?
?		 Ishaq 963-966 Son of Alp Tigin
3 ?
?		 Bilgetigin 966-975
4 ?
?		 Boritigin 975-977
5 ?
?		 Sabuktigin 977-997
6 ?
?		 Ismail 997-998 son of Sabuktigin
7 Yamin ad-Dawlah
یمین الدولہ ابو لقاسم
Right-hand man of the state		 Mahmud 998-1030 first son of Sabuktigin
8 Jalal ad-Dawlah
جلال الدولہ
Dignity of the state		 Muhammad 1030
1st reign		 second son of Mahmud
9 Shihab ad-Dawlah
شھاب الدولہ
?		 Masud I 1030-1041 first son of Mahmud
— Jalal ad-Dawlah
جلال الدولہ
Dignity of the state		 Muhammad 1041
2nd reign		 second son of Mahmud
10 Shihab ad-Dawlah
شھاب الدولہ
?		 Mawdud 1041-1048 son of Masud I
11 ?
?		 Masud II 1048 son of Mawdud
12 Baha ad-Dawlah
بھاء الدولہ
?		 Ali 1048-1049 son of Masud I
13 Izz ad-Dawlah
عز الدولہ
?		 Abdul-Rashid 1049-1052 fifth son of Mahmud
14 Qiwam ad-Dawlah
?
?		 Toghrul 1052-1053 Turkish mamluk general Usurped the Ghaznavid throne after massacring Abdul-Rashid and eleven other Ghaznavid princes.
15 Jamal ad-Dawlah
جمال الدولہ
Beauty of the state		 Farrukhzad 1053-1059 son of Masud I
16 Zahir ad-Dawlah
ظھیر الدولہ
?		 Ibrahim 1059-1099 son of Masud I
17 Ala ad-Dawlah
علاء الدولہ
?		 Masud III 1099-1115 son of Ibrahim
18 Kamal ad-Dawlah
کمال الدولہ
?		 Shirzad 1115-1116 son of Masud III
19 Sultan ad-Dawlah
سلطان الدولہ
Sultan of the state		 Arslan-Shah 1116-1117 son of Masud III
20 Yamin ad-Dawlah
یمین الدولہ
Right-hand man of the state		 Bahram-Shah 1117-1157 son of Masud III Under Bahram-Shah, the Ghaznavid empire became a tributary of the Great Seljuq empire. Bahram was assisted by Ahmad Sanjar, sultan of the Great Seljuq empire, in securing his throne.
21 Muizz ad-Dawlah
معزالدولہ
?		 Khusrau-Shah 1157-1160 son of Bahram-Shah
22 Taj ad-Dawlah
تاج الدولہ
Crown of the state		 Khusrau Malik 1160-1186 son of Khusrau-Shah

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