Zabulistan
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Zabulistan, is an ancient and medieval name for a historical region that included mainly southern Afghanistan as well as southeastern Iran.
Newly excavated Buddhist stupa at Mes Aynak in Logar Province. Similar stupas have been discovered in neighboring Ghazni Province, including in the northern Samangan Province.
Persia with part of the Ottoman Empire, 1872
Bahram Gur Fights the Horned Wolf, folio from the Great Ilkhanid Shahnama
IRAN Miniatur by UNESCO 1957
Mahmud of Ghazni
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Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Sabuktigin, usually known as Mahmud of Ghazni or Mahmud Ghaznavi, was Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire, ruling from 998 to 1030. Widely reputed to be undefeated throughout his en
Zabulistan
…saw a danger in the consolidation of the Ghaznavids and invaded their capital city of Ghazni both in the reign of Sebuktigin and in that of his son Mahmud, which initiated the Muslim Ghaznavid and Hindu Shahi struggles. Sebuk Tigin, however, defeated him, and he was forced to pay an indemnity. Jayapala…
Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni, conquering Qasdar (modern Khuzdar). Jamiʿ al-Tawarikh, 1314–15
Fight between Mahmud of Ghazni and Abu 'Ali Simjuri in 994 AD. Jami al-Tawarikh, 1314
Sultan Mahmud and his forces attacking the fortress of Zaranj in 1003 CE. Jami al-Tawarikh, 1314 CE.
Mahmud of Ghazni receiving Indian elephants as tribute (Majmu al-Tawarikh, by Hafiz-i Abru, Herat, 1425).