Shihab-ud-daula Mas'ud I
1031-41 AD421-32 AH
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Mas'ud followed in his father's footsteps and continued the conquests started by Mahmud . But in 1040 AD (431 AH), he lost to the Seljuqs. After this defeat the Ghaznavid kingdom slowly shrank. It remained confined to eastern Afghanistan and parts of the Punjab and Sind from about this time on.
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Numbers used to identify the coins are based on the numbers used in the Sylloge Numorum Arabicorum Turingen, Gazna/Kabul, XIV d Harasan IV, by Florin Schwarz.
Mas'ud followed in his father's footsteps and continued the conquests started by Mahmud . But in 1040 AD (431 AH), he lost to the Seljuqs. After this defeat the Ghaznavid kingdom slowly shrank. It remained confined to eastern Afghanistan and parts of the Punjab and Sind from about this time on.
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MA001 Mint: Nishapur in Khorasan |
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| MA276 Abbasid Caliph: al-Qadir Mint: Ghazna |
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| MA278v Abbasid Caliph: al-Qadir Mint: Ghazna |
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| MA283 Abbasid Caliph: al-Qa'im Mint: Ghazna |
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| MS284v Abbasid Caliph: al-Qa'im Mint: Ghazna Click for more examples. |
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| MA286 Abbasid Caliph: al-Qa'im Mint: Ghazna Click for more examples. |
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| MA290 Abbasid Caliph: al-Qa'im Mint: Ghazna |
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| MA294 Abbasid Caliph: al-Qa'im Mint: Ghazna |
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| MS300 Abbasid Caliph: al-Qa'im Mint: Ghazna |
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| MA301 Abbasid Caliph: al-Qa'im Mint: Ghazna Click for more examples. |
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Numbers used to identify the coins are based on the numbers used in the Sylloge Numorum Arabicorum Turingen, Gazna/Kabul, XIV d Harasan IV, by Florin Schwarz.