Masud II ( Persian: مسعود دوم) or, Masud II of Ghazni (مسعود دوم غزنه) was a

Sultan Sultan (; ar, سلطان ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it ...

of the

Ghaznavid Empire The Ghaznavid dynasty ( fa, غزنویان ''Ġaznaviyān'') was a culturally Persianate society, Persianate, Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslim dynasty of Turkic peoples, Turkic ''mamluk'' origin, ruling, at its greatest extent, large parts of Persia, ...

. Masud was the son and successor of

Mawdud of Ghazni Shahāb-ud-Dawla Mawdūd ( fa, شهاب‌الدوله مودود; died 1050), known as Mawdud of Ghazni (), was a sultan of the Ghaznavids from 1041 – 1050. He seized the throne of the sultanate from his uncle, Muhammad of Ghazni, in revenge fo ...

, and ruled for a short period from (1048 – 1048). He was succeeded by his uncle Ali after his death in 1048.

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