AL-GHAZNAWI ARMY

Abstract

Ghaznawies were distinguished among the powers which appeared in the jslamic orient by forming trained aramies to achive strategic goals for spreading islam and establishing it in some areas of the pagan indian subcontinent from the mid-forth century hijri until the first quarter of the sixth century because of this importance,this research has come to address the Ghaznawi army in concentrating study about its nature and its formations and other defails about it First of all,the research shows that the Ghaznawies achieved their victories on to fronts.the first was the coalition with the Abbasid caliphate and the seconed one was their wars in India. All their achievements did not succeed unless they had the strong army.the research reviewed the regulations of this army and its components and functions with the concnntration on the used weabons and its leaders who achieved victories like Mohamood Al- Ghaznawi and massoud Al- Ghaznawi.