Bunch of Turkish slave soldiers in Afghanistan working for the Samanids.  As was the frequent habit of Turkish military slaves, they took over.  Then they went on to conquer Pakistan and make major raids into India. Click here for much more on this mostly bloody and nasty dynasty and their very various coins.  This will eventually be a very large page, but most of the coins are so cheap - I'll get to them later.

GHAZNAVID, Mahmud, 999-1030, silver dirham, A-1610, GG-G23, 419 AH (1028) Mahmudpur, rare bilingual Arabic-Sanskrit issue from his Indian incursion, F $200.00 sold 7/18/07
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GHAZNAVID, Mas'ud I, 1031-1041, silver dirham, A-1620, 420 AH! (1029 AD), Bamiyan, "broad" type, rare mule with a Mahmud kalima only obverse, F $155.00
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GHAZNAVID, Mas'ud I, 1031-1041, silver jital, T89.2v1, bull, SRI SAMANTA DEVA, no legend on bull / horseman, MAS'UD, Lahore, F $110.00 sold 10/30/2011
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