What is Ghaznavid Empire?
{{Infobox Former Country | native_name = '''Gaznevîyyûn''' <br />'''غزنويون'''<br />'''غزنویان''' | conventional_long_name = Ghaznavid Empire | common_name = Ghaznavid | status = | year_start = 963 | year_end = 1186 | date_start = | date_end = | event_start = | event_end = | p1 = Saffarid dynasty | flag_p1 = Saffarid dynasty 861-1003.png | p2 = Samanid dynasty | flag_p2 = | s1 = Ghurid dynasty | flag_s1 = Ghori Dynasty 1149-1212 (AD).png | s2 = Seljuk Empire | flag_s2 = | image_flag = Flag of Ghaznavid.svg | image_flag2 = | image_coat = | image_map = | image_map_caption = | national_anthem = | capital = [[Ghazni]] | religion = [[Sunni Islam]] | common_languages = *[[Turkic languages]] (<small>[[dynasty]] and [[army]]</small>)<br> * [[Karluk language|Karluk]] (<small>[[official language|official]]</small>) | government_type = Monarchy | title_leader = [[Sultan]] | leader1 = | year_leader1 = | leader2 = | year_leader2 = | footnotes = }} The '''Ghaznavid Empire''' was a [[Khorasan|Khorāṣānian]] [[Turkic peoples|Karluk]] 'persianate' [[Sunni Muslim]] state, which existed from 975 to 1187. It was centred in [[Ghazni]], a city in the present [[Afghanistan]]. It ruled much of [[Iran|Persia]], [[Central Asia|Transoxania]], [[Pakistan]] and the northern parts of [[India]]. The Ghaznavids are known for laying the foundation of [[Islam]]ic rule in northern India when they conquered [[Peshawar]] and the entire [[Punjab region]] including [[Haryana]] up to [[Delhi]] in the year 1001. Their last outpost of conquest in north India was in [[Meerut]] city in [[Uttar Pradesh]]. The Ghaznavids