Lawik dynasty

Lawik dynasty
Lawik dynasty
c.750 CE–977 CE
	Ghazni was the power-center of the Lawik dynasty. Citadel of Ghazni pictured above
	LAWIK; DYNASTY SAFFARIDS SAMANIDS ABBASID; CALIPHATE BYZANTINE; EMPIRE GUJARA-; PRATIHARA PALA EMPIRE UTPALA; DYNASTY HINDU; SHAHIS Approximate location of the Lawik dynasty
	Hindu Shahis LAWIKS Samarkand Herat SAFFARIDS/; SAMANIDS/; Ghaznavids Balkh Kandahar Ghazni Gardez Kabul Hund UTPALA; DYNASTY KHUDAHS Bukhara AFSHINS Bost The Lawik Dynasty was located in Ghazni and Gardez
Capital	Ghazni
Religion	Hinduism (before 782) ; Islam (after 782)
Government	Monarchy
Historical era	Early Middle Ages
• Established	c.750 CE
• Disestablished	977 CE
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Turk Shahis
	Zunbils
Samanids
Ghaznavids
Today part of	Afghanistan

The Lawīk dynasty was the last native dynasty which ruled Ghazni prior to the Ghaznavid conquest in the present-day Afghanistan. Lawiks were originally Hindus, but later became Muslims. They were closely related to the Hindu Shahis, and after 877, ruled under the Hindu Shahi suzerainty.

A branch of Lawiks ruled the nearby city of Gardez. The Siyasatnama of Nizam al-Mulk, the Tabaqat-i Nasiri of Juzjani, and the Majma' al-ansāb fī't-tawārīkh of Shabankara'i (14th century) mentioned Lawiks.