Afghanistan is the source of the Ghaznavid dynasty.
The land also served as the source from which the Kushans , Hephthalites , Samanids , Saffarids , Ghaznavids , Ghorids , Khiljis , Mughals , Hotaks , Durranis , and others have risen to form major empires .	others	Ethnic groups in Afghanistan	Kushans	Kushan Empire	Hephthalites	Hephthalite Empire	Samanids	Samanid Empire	Saffarids	Saffarid Empire	Ghaznavids	Ghaznavids	Ghorids	Ghorids	Khiljis	Khilji dynasty	Mughals	Mughal Empire	Hotaks	Hotak Empire	Durranis	Durrani dynasty
The Ghaznavid dynasty -LRB-  aznaviyn -RRB- was a Persianate Muslim dynasty of Turkic mamluk origin at their greatest extent ruling large parts of Iran , Afghanistan , much of Transoxiana , and northwest Indian subcontinent from 977 -- 1186 .	Turkic	Turkic peoples	Persianate	Persianate society	Muslim	Muslim	mamluk	mamluk	Iran	Iran	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	Transoxiana	Transoxiana	Indian subcontinent	Indian subcontinent
