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Alp Tegin

d. 963 · 10th century · Also known as Alptigin, Alptegin

Alp Tegin was a Turkic slave commander of the Samanid dynasty who rose to command the army of Khurasan. After a failed attempt to influence the Samanid succession, he withdrew to Ghazni in eastern Afghanistan in 962, took the town from its local ruler and held it as a nearly independent lordship until his death in 963, laying the foundations of the Ghaznavid state.

Alp Tegin
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