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Ghaznavid High-Tin Bronze Bowl - AMD.196
Origin: Central Asia
Circa: 963
AD
to 1187
AD
Dimensions:
2.1" (5.3cm) high
x 7.5" (19.1cm) wide
Collection: Islamic Art
Medium: High-Tin Bronze
£9,500.00
Location: Great Britain
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| Description |
Ghaznavid dynasty, (977–1186 ce), dynasty of Turkic
origin that ruled in Khorasan (in northeastern Iran),
Afghanistan, and northern India.
Detail of the victory tower of Mas?ud III, constructed
in 1099–1115; in Ghazni (formerly Ghazna),
Afghanistan.
Detail of the victory tower of Mas?ud III, constructed
in 1099–1115; in …
Josephine Powell, Rome
The founder of the dynasty was Sebüktigin (ruled
977–997), a former Turkic slave who was recognized
by the Samanids (an Iranian Muslim dynasty) as
governor of Ghazna (modern Ghazni, Afghanistan).
As the Samanid dynasty weakened, Sebüktigin
consolidated his position and expanded his domains
as far as the Indian border. His son Ma?mud (ruled
998–1030) continued the expansionist policy, and by
1005 the Samanid territories had been divided. The
Oxus River (Amu Darya) formed the boundary
between the two successor states to the Samanid
empire, the Ghaznavids ruling in the west and the
Qarakhanids in the east.
Ghaznavid power reached its zenith during
Ma?mud’s reign. He created an empire that
stretched from the Oxus to the Indus valley and the
Indian Ocean; in the west he captured (from the
Buyids) the Iranian cities of Rayy and Hamadan. A
devout Muslim, Ma?mud reshaped the Ghaznavids
from their pagan Turkic origins into an Islamic
dynasty and expanded the frontiers of Islam. The
Persian poet Ferdowsi (d. 1020) completed his epic
Shah-nameh (“Book of Kings”) at the court of
Ma?mud about 1010.
- (AMD.196)
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