In the 12th century the Pashtun of Ghor overthrew the Ghaznavis and the era of Ghaznavis came to an end.

* Muhammad of Ghor destoyed several Hindu temples and relics and looted the temple wealth.

The long resistance of the inhabitants of Ghor to the adoption of Islam provides an indication of the region ’ s inaccessibility ; according to some travelers, the entire region is comparable to a fortress raised in the upper Central Asian highlands: from every approach, tall and steep mountains have to be traversed to reach there.

Their history has been closely knit with that of the Yusufzai Tribe from their first settlement around the mountains of Ghor and Ghazni to present day East-Central and North-Eastern Pukhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan.

Ajmer was conquered by Muhammad of Ghor, founder of the Delhi Sultanate, in 1193.

The rulers of the Ghurids of Ghor in modern-day Afghanistan, captured and burned Ghazni in 1149, just as the Ghaznavids had once conquered Ghor.

Aimaks were originally known as chahar (" four ") Aymaqs: the Taimani ( the main element in the population of Ghor ), the Ferozkohi, the Temuri, and the Jamshidi.

Aimaks live in parts of western and central Afghanistan, making up the majority in Ghor, and also live in large numbers in the western areas of Herat and Badghis, and to a lesser extent in Farah, Faryab, Jowzjan, and Sar-e Pol.

The Ghaznavid dynasty was defeated in 1148 by the Ghurids from Ghor, but the Ghaznavid Sultans continued to live in Ghazni as the ' Nasher ' until the early 20th century.

Since the summer of 2005 Lithuania has been part of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan ( ISAF ), leading a Provincial Reconstruction Team ( PRT ) in the town of Chaghcharan in the province of Ghor.

* Muhammad of Ghor, Persian conqueror and sultan ( b. 1162 )

* Muhammad of Ghor, Persian conqueror and sultan ( d. 1206 )

With Muslim rulers established around the city under Mohammed of Ghor, it lost its strategic and economic importance to Lucknow and Kanpur.

The Ghaznavid Empire was then taken over by the Ghorids from today's Ghor, Afghanistan.

The story was inspired by the exploits of James Brooke, an Englishman who became the first White Rajah of Sarawak in Borneo ; and by the travels of American adventurer Josiah Harlan, who was granted the title Prince of Ghor in perpetuity for himself and his descendants.

At that stage, Hazarajat did not exist as an official region ; the area was divided between the administrative provinces of Bamyan, Ghor, Wardak, Ghazni, Oruzgan, Juzjan, and Samangan, with the Hazaras being a minority in each.

In the 11th century, Islam was established in Bamyan, Ghor and other parts of Hazarajat, during the rule of Ghaznavid dynasty, though Buddhism, Hinduism and other polythestic customs being strong.

Northwestern Hazarajat encompasses the district of Ghor, long known for its mountain fortresses.

* January 1-The Afghan Northern Alliance captured the Ghalmin district in Ghor province, Afghanistan.

* January 2-In Ghor province, Afghanistan, Taliban fighter planes bombed the Ghalmin district in support of a two-pronged infantry attack in which two opposition soldiers were wounded and six militia men killed.

* January 3-Taliban forces pounded opposition positions with heavy artillery initiating a counter-attack to retake the Ghalmin district in Ghor province, Afghanistan.

During the last quarter of the 12th century, Muhammad of Ghor invaded the Indo-Gangetic plain, conquering in succession Ghazni, Multan, Sindh, Lahore, and Delhi.

Qutb-ud-din Aibak, a former slave ( Mamluk ) of Muhammad of Ghor, was the first sultan of Delhi and his dynasty managed to conquer large areas of northern India.

Chand Bardai was a court poet of Prithviraj Chauhan, the famous ruler of Delhi and Ajmer during the invasion of Muhammad of Ghor.

However, after Prithviraj Chauhan's defeat in the Second Battle of Tarain, most literary works belonging to this period were destroyed by the army of Muhammad of Ghor.

Herat ( Persian / Pashto: هرات ) is one the 34 provinces of Afghanistan ; together with Badghis, Farah, and Ghor provinces, it makes up the south-western region of the country.

* 1900 – The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.

A supply of covering material is wound on each bobbin, and the end is led on to the wire, which occupies a central position relatively to the bobbins ; the latter being revolved at a suitable speed bodily with their disks, the cotton is consequently served on to the wire, winding in spiral fashion so as to overlap.

It occupies the western end of the coalfield which stretches eastward through the neighbouring Nord département and across central Belgium.

The aquarium occupies land at the end of Cannery Row ( once Ocean View Avenue ) in Monterey, at the site of the Hovden Cannery, a sardine cannery that helped to define the character of Monterey from the time it was built in 1916, to the day when it was the last cannery on the Row to close in 1973, after sardine fishing collapsed.

The sculpture Load was presented to Putney on Fools Day and occupies a permanent position near the south west end of Putney Bridge on Lower Richmond Road.

Ojus was one of two settlements that shared the Snake Creek region, the 2, 000 or so acres of swampy, mangrove-filled land at the northernmost end of Biscayne Bay ( FIU's Bay Vista campus occupies a portion of this land today ).

The town itself is located in farmland surrounded by vale and rises from Richland Creek on its west end, down High Street and into the central business district, where the Central House hotel occupies the highest lot.

Pro Drive Outboard's currently occupies the original Gondron's Garage facility at the South end of the Village.

It occupies the southeast end of the Las Vegas Valley at an elevation of approximately.

The village of Union occupies the southernmost corner of the town, at the intersection of Route 153 and Route 16 ( at the northern end of the Spaulding Turnpike ).

The census-designated place of Seabrook Beach occupies the eastern end of the town, along the Atlantic Ocean.

The city occupies the southwest end of the Salt Lake Valley at an elevation of 4, 330 feet ( 1, 320 m ).

The Wellington region of New Zealand occupies the southern end of the North Island.

Mottram occupies a elevated site straddling the A57 trunk road from the end of the M67 to the junction with the A628 trunk road.

Tucson occupies a large oasis at the western end of the El Paso-Tucson corridor.

Vespers, on the contrary, occupies a privileged place towards the end of the day.

Situated where the valley of the River Lea cuts its way through the north-east end of the Chiltern Hills, the airport occupies a hill-top location, with a roughly drop-off at the western end of the runway

Beyond the North Gate, the Nether Bailey occupies the northern end of Castle Hill.

The small Romanesque church of the 10th century known as the Basse Oeuvre occupies the site destined for the nave ; much of its east end was demolished to make room for the new cathedral.

In northern areas of its range it occurs from 2, 600 m above sea level or more, in some parts of its range it may not occur below 3, 500 m. In Oaxaca in Mexico it occupies a range of between 1, 700 – 3, 000 m further south in Guatemala it ranges down to 1, 850 m and at the southern end of its range it can be found as low as 1, 000 m in Honduras and in Nicaragua it occupies a belt of forest from 1, 070 and 1, 370 m. They typically inhabit conifer forests, such as ponderosa and sugar pine forests in Arizona, Abies common fir forests, oak, and pine forests in central Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras.

Kangerlussuaq occupies an alluvial flatland on the far end of the 190 km long Kangerlussuaq Fjord, straddling both sides of the Qinnguata Kuussua river estuary.

The fibers pass downward, and end in a tendon, which occupies the anterior border of the muscle, passes through a distinct compartment in the cruciate crural ligament, crosses from the lateral to the medial side of the anterior tibial vessels near the bend of the ankle, and is inserted into the base of the distal phalanx of the great toe.

It occupies the whole northwestern end of Uzbekistan.