List of Ghaznavid Viziers

This is the list of viziers of the Ghaznavid dynasty. All of them were ethnically Iranian.[1]

Vizier of the Ghaznavid dynasty
Appointer	The Sultan
Formation	977
First holder	Abu'l-Hasan Isfaraini (first mentioned)
Final holder	Abu'l-Ma'ali Nasrallah (last mentioned)
Abolished	1186

List of Viziers

Name	Entered office	Left office	Place of origin
Abu'l-Hasan Isfaraini	998	1010	Isfarain, Khorasan
Ahmad Maymandi	1013	1024	Maymand, Zabulistan
Hasanak the Vizier	1024	1030	Nishapur, Khorasan
Abu Sahl Hamdawi	1030	1030	Khorasan (?)
Ahmad Maymandi	1031	1032	Maymand, Zabulistan
Ahmad Shirazi	1032	1043	Shiraz, Fars
Abd al-Razzaq Maymandi	1043	1052	Maymand, Zabulistan
Husayn ibn Mihran	1052 (?)	1055	Khorasan (?)
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Salih	1055	1059	Khorasan (?)
Abu Sahl Khujandi	1055	?	Khujand
Abd al-Hamid Shirazi	1077/8	1114/5	Shiraz, Fars
Abu'l-Fath Yusuf	1116	1117	Zabulistan (?)
Abu'l-Ma'ali Nasrallah	after 1160	before 1186	Ghazni, Zabulistan

References

1. Bosworth 2001, pp. 578–583.

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