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Alp-Tegin

963 - 963

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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. Before becoming governor of Ghazni, Alp-Tegin was the commander-in-chief (sipahsalar) of the Samanid army in Khorasan. In a political fallout over succession of the Samanids he crossed the Hindu Kush mountains southward and captured Ghazna, located strategically between Kabul and Kandahar in present-day Afghanistan, and thereby establishing his own principality, which, however, was still under Samanid authority. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alp-Tegin has received more than 110,217 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Alp-Tegin is the 2,393rd most popular politician (up from 2,489th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Uzbekistan (up from 24th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Uzbekistani Politician.

Alp-tegin is most famous for being the name of a Turkish folk hero who is said to be the founder of the Ottoman Empire.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alp-Tegin ranks 2,393 out of 19,576. Before her are Infante Carlos, Count of Molina, Shallum of Israel, Basiliscus, Samora Machel, Mikheil Saakashvili, and Ivan Gašparovič. After her are Alfonso the Battler, Sergei Witte, Seleucus IV Philopator, Bonne of Luxembourg, Haakon the Good, and Pervez Musharraf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 963, Alp-Tegin ranks 3. Before her are Olaf Tryggvason, and Richard II, Duke of Normandy. After her is Anna Porphyrogenita. Among people deceased in 963, Alp-Tegin ranks 2. Before her is Romanos II. After her are William III, Duke of Aquitaine, and Stephen Lekapenos.

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In Uzbekistan

Among people born in Uzbekistan, Alp-Tegin ranks 13 out of 190. Before her are Islam Karimov (1938), Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (893), Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari (1327), Shavkat Mirziyoyev (1957), Shah Rukh (1377), and Isma'il ibn Ahmad (849). After her are Mohammed Alim Khan (1880), Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani (810), Habibullah Khan (1872), Sadriddin Ayni (1878), Yaqub Beg (1820), and Abdal-Latif Mirza (1420).

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Among POLITICIANS In Uzbekistan

Among politicians born in Uzbekistan, Alp-Tegin ranks 6. Before her are Babur (1483), Islam Karimov (1938), Shavkat Mirziyoyev (1957), Shah Rukh (1377), and Isma'il ibn Ahmad (849). After her are Mohammed Alim Khan (1880), Habibullah Khan (1872), Yaqub Beg (1820), Abdal-Latif Mirza (1420), Abdullah Khan II (1533), and Fayzulla Khodzhayev (1896).

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