Proceeding from mediaeval originals belonging in particular to Beykhaki, Utbi, Gardezi, the author analyzes the ceremonial rites of meetings and offseeings of the Abbasid caliph`s ambassadors at Gaznevids` court. The author presents the tradition of the rituals which accompanied the ceremonies in question. Ambassadors from Bagdad were commissioned with important state affairs. To the latters there might refer a crowning of a recurrent emir of Gazna. A new caliph after an ascension to the throne also sent an ambassador of his to Gazna with this news in order a khutba addressed to him were read in Gaznewids` state. Reception of an ambassador and his offseeing home were accompanied with a large number of ceremonies. After the conquest of Khorasan by Seljukids diplomatic ties with the caliphate were broken.
Gaznevids` dynasty, ambassador, treaty and commitments, sultan, ceremonial rites, donations
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