Mahmud of Ghazni
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![Sultan Mahmud and his forces attacking the fortress of Zaranj](/Images/godic/202501/25/Mahmud_ibn_Sebuktegin_attacks_the_fortress_of_Zarang0127.jpg")
![Mahmud of Ghazni last success in India against Jats](/Images/godic/202501/25/Mahmud_of_Ghazni_last_success0127.jpg")
![A Painting of the tomb of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni, in 1839–40, with Sandalwood Doors long believed to be plundered from Somnath, which he destroyed in ca 1024, later found to be replicas of the original.](/Images/godic/202501/25/Tomb_of_Sultan_Mahmud_of_Ghazni_in_1839-400127.jpg")
Yamīn-ud-Dawla Abul-Qāṣim Maḥmūd ibn Sebüktegīn (Persian:یمینالدوله ابوالقاسم محمود بن سبکتگین), more commonly known as Mahmud of Ghazni (محمود غزنوی; November 971 – 30 April 1030), also known as Mahmūd-i Zābulī (محمود زابلی), was the most prominent ruler of the Ghaznavid Empire. He conquered the eastern Iranian lands and the northwestern Indian subcontinent (modern Afghanistan and Pakistan) from 997 to his death in 1030. Mahmud turned the former provincial city of Ghazna into the wealthy capital of an extensive empire which covered most of today's Afghanistan, eastern Iran, and Pakistan, by looting the riches and wealth from the then Indian subcontinent.