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Alp-Tegin, (Persian: الپتگین Alptegīn or Alptigīn) or Alptekin, was a Turkic slave commander of the Samanid Empire, who would later become the semi-independent governor of Ghazna from 962 until his death in 963.
Appartenente a una delle tante tribù nomadi di etnia turca delle steppe dell'Asia centrale, Alp Tigin (o Alptigīn, o Alp Tagīn) venne catturato e condotto come schiavo nella capitale samanide di Bukhara, dove fu introdotto a corte.
Alp Tegin (his named is sometimes spelled as Alptigin, Alp Tekin or Alp Takin) entered the service of the Samanid dynasty as a slave. The Samanids were an Iranian dynasty that ruled Transoxania and Khurasan between the years 819 to 999.
Alp Tigin founded the Ghaznavid fortunes when he established himself at Ghazna (modern Ghaznī, Afghanistan) in 962. He and Abū al-Ḥasan Sīmjūrī, as Samanid generals, competed with each other for the governorship of Khorāsān and control of the Samanid empire by placing on the throne…. Read More.
15 dic 1989 · ALPTIGIN (Tk., “hero prince”), Turkish military slave commander of the Samanids and founder of Turkish power in eastern Afghanistan (d. 352/963). Apparently brought as a slave from the Central Asian steppes, Alptigin rose in the hierarchy of the Samanid army until he became head of the royal guard (ḥāǰeb al-ḥoǰǰāb) under ...
4 ott 2015 · Alp Tigin, a 10th Century King and founder of Turkish power in Ghazni. A Turkish slave, who conquered Ghazni and established his kingdom in 962 CE.Please vis...
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- Imran Ahmed Khan
The dynasty was founded by Sebuktigin when he succeeded to the ruler-ship of territories centered around the city of Ghazni from his father-in-law, Alp Tigin, a break-away ex-general of the Ṣāmānī sultans.
