Toghrul of Ghazna

Toghrul
Ruler of The State
Reign1052 – 1053
PredecessorAbd al-Rashid
SuccessorFarrukh-Zad
Diedc. 1053
Names
Laqab: Qiwam ad-Dawlah
Kunya: Abu Said
Given name: Toghrul
ReligionSunni Islam

Toghrul of Ghazna (full name: Qiwam ad-Dawlah Abu Said Toghrul), was a Turkic slave general and usurper of the Ghaznavid throne. He was originally a ghulam in the service of the Ghaznavid Empire. Following his usurpation of the Ghaznavid throne from Abd al-Rashid and massacre of eleven Ghaznavid royal princes, he was known as the accursed, the inauspicious, the arrogant and the contemptible.

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