Around the nearby village of Rowẓeh-e Sultan, on the old road to Kabul (the nation’s capital, 80 miles [130 km] northeast), are the ruins of ancient Ghazna, including two 140-foot (43-metre) towers and the tomb of Maḥmūd of Ghazna (971–1030), the most powerful emir (or sultan) of the Ghaznavid dynasty.
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