Farrukh-Zad (

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: ''Jamal ad-Dawlah Abu Shuja Farrukh-Zad''), was

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of the

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from (1053 – 4 April 1059). His reign was considered one of benevolence, prosperity and tranquility for the Ghaznavid empire. It was free of the chaotic turbulence and greed from palace ghulams until the end of his reign. He was a very devout

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and fasted during

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and

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Biography

Having been at the fortress of Barghund, Farrukh-Zad was one of the Ghaznavid princes that escaped the usurper Toghrul's massacre in 1052. Farrukh employed

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, a former vizier of Maudud and Abd Rashid, but later had him dismissed and imprisoned. He also freed Abul-Fazl Bayhaqi from his imprisonment and it was during Farrukh's reign that Bayhaqi wrote his ''Mujalladat'' ( Tarikh-e Beyhaqi). Following the chaos of Toghrul's usurpation, Chagri Beg sent a Seljuq army to take Ghazni, but the ghulam general Khirghiz intercepted and defeated it. Meanwhile in 1053, the

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governors of the eastern Indian garrisons in Malerkotla, Jalandhar and

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began to rebel. Around 1058, Farrukh had his army invade

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in hopes of removing the

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. His army was initially successful, capturing the Seljuq ''Atabeg'' Qutb ad-Din Kul-Sarigh. However, Alp Arslan counter-attacked and defeated the Ghaznavid army, capturing many of its commanders. A subsequent peace treaty, drawn up by Abul-Fazl Bayhaqi, allowed for an exchange of prisoners and a mutual non-aggression pact.

Death

In 1058, palace ghulams attempted to assassinate Farrukh in his bath, but he grabbed a sword and held them at bay until his guards arrived and killed the ghulams. Depressed and sickened by the attempt on his life, Farrukh-Zad withdrew from worldly affairs and died of

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on 4 April 1059 at the age of thirty-four.C.E. Bosworth, ''The Later Ghaznavids'', 49. He succeeded by his brother

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