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غزن

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root entry primarily discusses the city of Ghazna and its inhabitants. It mentions the city's beauty and extent, and then lists several notable individuals from Ghazna, including rulers and scholars, who are known by the nisba 'Ghaznawi'.

Derived headwords

غَزْنَةname
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    Ghazna (city)classical

    A city located in the early part of the lands of India, described as one of the most pleasant and expansive places.

الغَزْنَوِيّname
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    Ghaznawi (nisba)classical

    A nisba (attribution) indicating origin from or association with the city of Ghazna. It is applied to rulers like Mahmud ibn Subuktigin and his descendants, as well as scholars and preachers.

غَزْنِيَانname
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    Ghaznian (place)classical

    A place name, with the first two letters pronounced with fath (open vowel), referring to a village in Transoxiana, near Kess.

غَزْوِينَةname
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    Ghazwina (village)classical

    A village located in Khwarazm, from which notable figures like Najm al-Din Abu Raja Mukhtar ibn Mahmud al-Zahidi originated.

Parallel reading

وهي مدينة في أول بلاد الهند، (من أنزه البلاد وأفسحها رقعة)
It is a city in the early part of the lands of India, (among the most pleasant and expansive places in area).
وإليها نسب السلطان الولي المجاهد محمود بن سبكتكين الغزنوي وآل بيته، أنار اللها برهانه.
And to it is attributed the Sultan, the Saint, the Mujahid Mahmud ibn Subuktigin al-Ghaznawi and his household, may God illuminate his proof.
والفقيه أبو المعالي عبد الرب بن منصور بن إسمعيل بن إبراهيم الغزنوي شارح القدوري في مجلدين سماه ملتمس الإخوان، مات في حدود الخمسمائة، عليه الرحمة والرضوان.
And the jurist Abu al-Ma'ali Abd al-Rab ibn Mansur ibn Ismail ibn Ibrahim al-Ghaznawi, the commentator of al-Quduri in two volumes, named it 'Multamis al-Ikhwan', he died around the year five hundred, may God have mercy and be pleased with him.
وأبو الحسن علي بن الحسين بن عبد اللها بن محمد الغزنوي الواعظ الحنفي سمع بغزنة ومرو، وحدث ببغداد وبشيراز، روى عنه ابن السمعاني.
And Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Ghaznawi, the Hanafi preacher, heard (hadith) in Ghazna and Merv, and narrated in Baghdad and Shiraz; Ibn al-Sam'ani narrated from him.
وأبو الفضل محمد بن يوسف الغزنوي، بنت له زوجة المستظهر رباطا بباب الطاق، وهو والد المسند أبي الفتح أحمد بن علي.
And Abu al-Fadl Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Ghaznawi, the wife of al-Mustazhir built a ribat for him at Bab al-Taq, and he is the father of the traditionist Abu al-Fath Ahmad ibn Ali.
وغزنيان، بفتح الغين والنون: (ة بما وراء النهر) من قرى كس، منها: أبو عمر حفص بن أبي حفص حدث قبل الثلثمائة.
And Ghaznian, with fath on the ghayn and nun: (a village in Transoxiana) from the villages of Kess, among them: Abu Umar Hafs ibn Abi Hafs narrated before the year three hundred.
غزوينة: قرية بخوارزم، منها: نجم الدين أبو رجاء مختار ابن محمود بن محمد الزاهدي، صاحب التصانيف شرح القدوري؛ وزاد الأئمة والمجتبى: تفقه على العلاء سديد بن محمد الحناطي المحتسب، ومجد الأئمة صاحب البحر المحيط، والكلام على السراج.
Ghazwina: a village in Khwarazm, from it: Najm al-Din Abu Raja Mukhtar ibn Mahmud ibn Muhammad al-Zahidi, the author of the commentaries on al-Quduri; and the Imams and al-Mujtaba added: he studied jurisprudence under al-Ala Sadid ibn Muhammad al-Hanafi al-Muhtasib, and Majd al-A'imma, the author of 'al-Bahr al-Muhit', and the commentary on al-Siraj.