List of Ghaznavid viziers explained

Post:Vizier
Body:
the Ghaznavid Dynasty
Style:His Excellency
Appointer:Ghaznavid Sultan
First:Abu'l-Hasan Isfaraini (first mentioned)
Last:Abu'l-Ma'ali Nasrallah (last mentioned)

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

List of viziers

NameEntered officeLeft officePlace of origin
Abu'l-Hasan Isfaraini998 1010Isfarain, Khorasan
Ahmad Maymandi10131024Maymand, Zabulistan
Hasanak the Vizier10241030Nishapur, Khorasan
Abu Sahl Hamdawi10301030Khorasan (?)
Ahmad Maymandi10311032Maymand, Zabulistan
Ahmad Shirazi10321043Shiraz, Fars
Abd al-Razzaq Maymandi10431052Maymand, Zabulistan
Husayn ibn Mihran1052 (?)1055Khorasan (?)
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Salih10551059Khorasan (?)
Abu Sahl Khujandi1055?Khujand
Abd al-Hamid Shirazi1077/81114/5Shiraz, Fars
Abu'l-Fath Yusuf11161117Zabulistan (?)
Abu'l-Ma'ali Nasrallahafter 1160 before 1186Ghazni, Zabulistan

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