Question: Ahmad Niyaltigin was the treasurer of a sultan who rose to power by seizing what from his younger twin?
Related documents: [0]  [DOC] Mas'ud I of Ghazni (Persian: مسعود غزنوی‎ ‎ ), known as Amīr-i Shahīd (امیر شهید ; "the martyr king")(998 – 17 January 1040), was "sultan" of the Ghaznavid Empire from 1030 to 1040. He rose to power by seizing the Ghaznavid throne from his younger twin Mohammad, who had been nominated as the heir upon the death of their father Mahmud of Ghazni. His twin was shortly blinded and imprisoned. However, when much of Mas'ud's western domains had been wrested from his control, his troops rebelled against him and reinstated Mohammad to the throne. [END] 
[1]  [DOC] Ahmad Niyaltigin (Persian: ‎ ‎ ) was a treasurer of Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi and later of his son Sultan Mas'ud Ghaznavi. Sultan Masud appointed him governor of Punjab region in 1033. Ahmad Niyaltigin with small detachment of soldiers raided Varanasi, before withdrawing back to Punjab. [END] 
Answer: 
the Ghaznavid throne
the Ghaznavid throne