Shir-Zad of Ghazna

Adud al-Dawla Shir-Zad, better known as Shir-Zad (شیرزاد) was the sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire from 1115 to 1116. A son of Mas'ud III, Shir-Zad served as a governor in India during his father's reign. The deputy governor of Shir-Zad was Qiwam al-Mulk Nizam al-Din. During his governorship, Shir-Zad became very close friends with the Persian poet Masud Sa'd Salman, who had recently been released from his imprisonment at Nay. In one of his poems, Masud Sa'd Salman makes mention of a certain Amir Kaykavus at Shir-Zad's court in the city of Lahore, which may been the Ziyarid ruler and author of the Qabus-Nama, Kaykavus.