"Sanjar’s Conquest of Ghazna 510/1117"Talk at the Boris Kochnev Memorial Seminar (Hofstra University)

7 February 2019

On Saturday, March 9, 2019, the Middle Eastern and Central Asian Program at Hofstra University will hold the Eleventh Seminar on Middle Eastern and Central Asian Numismatics in Memoriam Boris Kochnev (1940-2002).

Stefan Heidemann, professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Hamburg, will contribute to the seminar with a talk on

Sanjar’s Conquest of Ghazna 510/1117: Some Remarks on Late Ghaznavid History and Culture

Abstract:
A large parcel of a hoard of Ghaznavid gold coins, ending seemingly with a closing coin of 510/1117 allows various new insights into the culture and history of the late Ghaznavids. The new information concerns cultural practices at Ramadan, information to the history of Sistan, where the Tārīkh-i Sistān left us uninformed about the period between from 448/1056 to 462/1069, and finally information on the conquest of Ghazna by Sanjar in 510/1117.

Dinar of the Ghaznavid Malik-i Arslan of 510/1117 (Universität Hamburg, Photo collection, no. GT-1583)