Ghazni

a town of Afghanistan, below a spur of a range of hills, at an elevation of 7,729 feet, 84 miles S. W. of Kabul. It isa place of considerable commercial importance. In the neighborhood of Ghazni there are several ruins and monuments of its former greatne , such as the tomb of Mahmud, Mahmud’s dam in the Ghazni river, and many Mohammedan shrines. The celebrated gates of Somnath were kept at Ghazni from 1024 to -1842. Pop. 10,000. It was under Mahmud (997-1030) that the Ghaznevids reached their highest point of splendor and renown. This prince repeatedly invaded India, and carried his oe tl arms as far as Kurdistan and the Caspian on the W. and to Sam ark and on the N, He was the first monarch in Asia to a ume the title of sultan. Bahram Shah, ruler of Ghazni from 1118 to 1152, was at length driven from his capital. The Ghaznevid dynasty came to an end in 1186.