The Role and Importance of the Qaznavids in India

The Fame of the Qaznavid Kings in the history of Islam is largely due to the conquests made in India, beginning from Sabuktebin and reaching its culmination during King Mahmood and Mas’oud’s kingdom that continued during the reigns of their successors. This paper deals with how certain new elements along with the early old components were developed, due to the change in political and military conditions of the Qaznavids’ neighbors as well as the riots and rebels and disorders within the Qaznavid kingdom., which made India a vital land contributing to the survival of the Qaznavid dynasty. The article then proceeds to discuss three factors influencing the transformations and developments in Qaznavid monarchs. First, the paper deals with studying the appearance of powerful local dynasties in India and their unifications to get rid of the yolk and domination of the Qaznavids that caused the Qaznavids to start a new wave of attacks and encroachment supon the Indian Muslims. Second, the paper seeks to study the factors that made the Qaznavids to consider India important to conquer, and third, the paper continues to investigate how the Qaznavids had to retreat to India due to the military force of the Saljoughids, the Aqazs and the Quorians and why the territory was considered as their last resort and front and how the Qaznavids were defeated and overthrown by Moezeddin of Qour in 582 LH.