Mawdud of Ghazni

Shahāb-ud-Dawla Mawdūd
Ghaznavid Sultan Shahāb-ud-Dawla
Gold dinar minted with names of Shahāb-ud-Dawla Mawdūd and caliph al-Qa'im (432–440 AH/1041–1048 AD)
Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire
Reign	19 March 1041 – 1050
Predecessor	Muhammad of Ghazni
Successor	Mas'ud II
Born	? Ghazni Ghaznavid Empire
Died	c. 1050 Ghazni Ghaznavid Empire
Burial	c. 1050 Ghazni (now in Afghanistan)
Issue	Mas'ud II
Names Shahāb-ud-Dawla Mawdūd bin Mas'ud
House	Ghaznavid Dynasty
Father	Mas'ud I
Religion	Sunni Islam

Shahāb-ud-Dawla Mawdūd (Persian: شهاب‌الدوله مودود; died 1050), known as Mawdud of Ghazni (مودود غزنوی), was a sultan of the Ghaznavids from 1041 – 1050. He seized the throne of the sultanate from his uncle, Muhammad of Ghazni, in revenge for the murder of his father, Mas'ud I of Ghazni. His brother Majdud in Lahore did not recognize him as sultan, but his sudden death paved the way for Mawdud to exercise control over the eastern portion of the Ghaznavid Empire.

Mawdud inherited an empire whose entire western half was overrun by the Seljuk Empire and was battling to continue existing. During his reign the further reaches of the Indian conquests and vassal states also broke away. Mawdud was able to hold on to his Afghan realms and Indus valley territories while pushing north into Central Asia and stabilizing his western front with the Seljuqs.

Keikavus, author of the Qabus nama, was a guest at Mawdud's court for seven to eight years.^[1]