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The wealth brought back from the Indian expeditions to Ghazni was enormous, and contemporary historians (e.g. [[Abolfazl Beyhaghi]], [[Ferdowsi]]) give glowing descriptions of the magnificence of the capital, as well as of the conquerors munificent support of literature. Mahmud died in ([[1030]]). Even though there was some revival of importance under Ibrahim (1059-1099), the empire never reached anything like the same splendor and power. It was soon overshadowed by the [[Seljuqs]] of [[Iran]].

 

Mahmud's son [[Mas'ud I of Ghazni|Mas'ud]] was unable to preserve the empire and following a disastrous defeat at the [[Battle of Dandanaqan]] in ([[1040]]) lost all the Ghaznavid lands in [[Iran]] and [[Central Asia]] to the Seljuks and plunged the realm into a "Time of troubles".<ref name="EB"/><ref name="Iranica">Encyclopedia Iranica, ''Ghaznavids'', Edmund Bosworth, Online Edition 2007, ([http://www.iranica.com/newsite/articles/v10f6/v10f608.html LINK])</ref> Mas'ud's son Ibrahim who re-established a truncated empire on a firmer basis by arriving at a peace agreement with the Seljuks and a restoration of cultural and political linkages.<ref name="Iranica"/> Under Ibrahim and his successors saw a period of sustained tranquility for the empire. Shorn of it's western land it was increasingly sustained by riches accrued from raids across Northern India where it faced stiff resistance from [[Rajput]] rulers such as the [[Paramara]] of [[Malwa]] and the [[Gahadvala]] of [[Kannauj]].<ref name="Iranica"/> Signs of weakness in the state became apparent when Masud III died in [[1115]] with internal strife between his sons ending with the ascension of Sultan Bahram Shah as a Seljuk Vassal.<ref name="Iranica"/> Sultan Bahram Shah, was the last Ghaznavid King ruling [[Ghazni|Ghazna]], the first and main Ghaznavid capital. Ala'uddin Hussain, a [[Ghorid]] King, conquered the city of Ghazni in 1151, for the revenge of his brother's death. He razed all the city, and burned it for 7 days, after which he got famous as ''"Jahānsoz"'' (''World Burner''). Ghazni was restored to the Ghaznavids by the intervention of the Seljuks who came to Behrams aid.<ref name="Iranica"/> Ghaznavid struggles with the Ghurids continued in the subsequent years as they nibbled away at Ghaznavid territory and Ghazni and [[Zabulistan]] was lost a group of [[Oghuz]] Turks before captured by the Gurids.<ref name="Iranica"/> Ghaznavid power in northern [[India]] continued until the conquest of [[Lahore]] from Khusrau Malik in 1186.<ref name="Iranica"/>