rodofseattle: indophilia: Mahmud of Ghazni and Malik Ayaz. Mahmud of Ghazni founded the Ghaznavid Empire and ruled as a sultan. He fell in love with Malik Ayaz, a Turkish slave, and their relationship became the epitome of idealized love in Islamic
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