Gazʹnivides (3 syl.).
A dynasty of Persia, which gave four kings and lasted fifty years (999–1049), founded by Mahmoud Gazni, who reigned from the Ganges to the Caspian Sea.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.