Scholars from the Ghaznavid Empire

Abū Saʿīd ʿAbd-al-Ḥayy ibn Żaḥḥāk ibn Maḥmūd Gardīzī (), better known as Gardizi (), was an 11th-century Persian historian and official, who is notable for having written the Zayn al-akhbar, one of the earliest history books written in New Persian.

Persian historian

Persian mathematician and astronomer (c. 960 – 1036)

Ghaznavid poet

Islamic scholar, mystic, and theologian

Iranian linguist

Persian author