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What was the capital of the Ghaznavids where Al-Biruni spent much of his life?

  • Ghazni

  • Samarkand

  • Baghdad

  • Cairo

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The Ghaznavids were a Persian dynasty that ruled in what is now Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India from 977 to 1186. Their capital was Ghazni, a city in Afghanistan that was founded by the Ghaznavids in the 10th century. Al-Biruni was a Persian polymath who was born in 973 and died in 1048.
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