Ismail of Ghazni

Ismail of Ghazni (Persian: اسماعیل غزنوی) was the emir of Ghazna, reigning for 7 months, from 5 August 997 until 998.[3] He succeeded his father emir Sabuktigin, who died of an illness acquired in Balkh during a campaign in the Samanid civil war. Ismail was designated his successor by Sabuktigin on his death-bed, while Mahmud, the older brother who was involved in the Samanid civil war, was stationed in Nishapur.

Ismail
Ruler of Ghaznavid Dynasty
Emir of Ghazna
Reign5 August 997 — March 998
PredecessorSabuktigin
SuccessorMahmud
DiedGuzgan[1]
Ghaznavid Empire
Names
Ismail bin Sabuktigin
HouseHouse of Sabuktigin
FatherSabuktigin
MotherDaughter of Alptigin[2]
ReligionSunni Islam

Upon receiving this news Mahmud of Ghazni contested Ismail's right to the throne and divested his charge of Nishapur to his uncle Borghuz and younger brother Nur-ud-Din Yusuf and marched upon Ghazna in what is now Afghanistan.

Mahmud won the Battle of Ghazni and took the crown from Ismail. Ismail spent the rest of his life confined to a fort in Guzgan. The reason behind Sabuktigin's choice to appoint Ismail as heir over the more experienced and older Mahmud is uncertain. It may have been due to Ismail's mother being the daughter of Sabuktigin's old master, Alptigin.[4]

References
  1. "ESMĀʿĪL, b. Seboktegīn" Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 18 August 2014
  2. "ESMĀʿĪL, b. Seboktegīn" Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 18 August 2014
  3. Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. p. 63. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.
  4. Bosworth 2012.

Sources
Preceded by:
Sabuktigin		 Emir of Ghazna
997–998		 Followed by:
Mahmud
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