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Sabuktigin

سبكتكين

997 CE · 387 AH

Amir Sabuktigin (d. 387) — founder of the Ghaznavid house; rose as Alptigin's chamberlain under the Samanids, was elected amir of Ghazna, and opened the raids into India; died on the road from Balkh and was mourned by his katib Abu al-Fath al-Busti 1.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Ghani ibn Sa'id al-Azdi · Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Baghdadi · Abd Allah ibn Zaydun · Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Muhammad ibn Muhammad · القاضي أبو بكر ابن الدقاق البغدادي

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  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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