Polity Ghaznavids (Seljuk Empire)

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The Seljuks defeated the Ghaznavids in the Battle of Ghazni in 1118 and reduced them to a vassal. After the end of the Seljuk Empire the Ghaznavids reacquired their independence.

Establishment

  • January 1118: In 1117, the Seljuks marched against the Ghaznavid Sultan Arslan-Shah of Ghazna defeating him at Battle of Ghazni and installing Arslan's brother Bahram-Shah in the throne as a Seljuk vassal.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • January 1148: Cutch, also spelled Kutch or Kachchh also historically known as Kingdom of Kutch, was a kingdom in the Kutch region from 1147 AD.
  • January 1151: Beginning in the mid-12th century, Ghor expressed its independence from the Ghaznavid Empire.
  • January 1152: Ala al-Din Husayn, a Ghorid King, conquered Ghazni in 1151, for the revenge of his brother Kutubbuddin's death, who was son-in-law of the king but was publicly punished and killed for a minor offence. Ala al-Din Husayn then razed the city and burned it for 7 days, after which he became known as "Jahānsuz" (World Burner).
  • February 1152: Ghazni was restored to the Ghaznavids by the intervention of the Seljuks, who came to the aid of Bahram.
  • January 1156: The Gahadavala Dynasty reached its zenith under Govindachandra.
  • January 1157: Jaisalmer State was established.

Disestablishment

  • January 1158: With the collapse of the Seljuk Empire, the vassalage of the Ghaznavids ended.