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# قصیده سومنات (قصیدهٔ سومنات)

Farrukhī's qaṣīda on the Somnāth expedition

Panegyric in the poet's Dīwān describing Maḥmūd's march to Somnāth (1025–1026) and explaining the idol's name as su-manāt (the Arabian goddess Manāt).

- **Language:** Persian
- **Date:** 1026 CE
- **Author:** [Farrukhī Sīstānī](https://indike.org/pramana/person/farrukhi)
- **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry)

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.shir.farrukhi-somnath](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.shir.farrukhi-somnath) · Pramāṇa
