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Bahram Shah of Ghazna

r. 1117–1157 · 12th century

Bahram Shah was a sultan of the Ghaznavid dynasty who reigned from 1117 to 1157, having taken the throne with Seljuk help as a vassal of Sultan Sanjar. His court at Ghazni patronised the poet Sana'i. His execution of the Ghurid princes Qutb al-Din Muhammad and Sayf al-Din Suri led Ala al-Din Husayn of Ghur to sack and burn Ghazni in 1150 or 1151.

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