963 - 963
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 95,669 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Alp-Tegin is the 2,497th most popular politician (up from 3,209th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 20th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Afghan 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, Alp-Tegin ranks 2,497 out of 15,577. Before her are Bilgä Qaǧan, Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, Maxim Litvinov, Christopher II of Denmark, Catherine of Braganza, and Kim Koo. After her are Wang Zhaojun, Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Anne Marie d'Orléans, Hermann Müller, Nancy Pelosi, and Władysław Gomułka.
683 - 734
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 2,491
1797 - 1854
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 2,492
1876 - 1951
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 2,493
1276 - 1332
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 2,494
1638 - 1705
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 2,495
1876 - 1949
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 2,496
963 - 963
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 2,497
50 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 2,498
1522 - 1568
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 2,499
1669 - 1728
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 2,500
1876 - 1931
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 2,501
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 2,502
1905 - 1982
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 2,503
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.
963 - 1000
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 1
963 - 1026
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 2
963 - 963
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 3
963 - 1011
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 4
938 - 963
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 1
963 - 963
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 2
910 - 963
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 3
901 - 963
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 4
Among people born in Afghanistan, Alp-Tegin ranks 24 out of 145. Before her are Humayun (1508), Habibullāh Kalakāni (1890), Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949), Nur Muhammad Taraki (1917), Abdul Rashid Dostum (1954), and Ahmad Shah Durrani (1722). After her are Abdur Rahman Khan (1844), Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (1925), Mohammad Najibullah (1947), Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād (1450), Ashraf Ghani (1949), and Nur Jahan (1577).
1508 - 1556
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 18
1890 - 1929
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 19
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 20
1917 - 1979
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 21
1954 - Present
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 22
1722 - 1772
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 23
963 - 963
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 24
1844 - 1901
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 25
1925 - 2019
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 26
1947 - 1996
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 27
1450 - 1535
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 28
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 29
1577 - 1645
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 30
Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Alp-Tegin ranks 19. Before her are Humayun (1508), Habibullāh Kalakāni (1890), Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949), Nur Muhammad Taraki (1917), Abdul Rashid Dostum (1954), and Ahmad Shah Durrani (1722). After her are Abdur Rahman Khan (1844), Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (1925), Mohammad Najibullah (1947), Ashraf Ghani (1949), Sultan Husayn Bayqara (1438), and Moinuddin Chishti (1142).
1508 - 1556
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 13
1890 - 1929
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 14
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 15
1917 - 1979
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 16
1954 - Present
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 17
1722 - 1772
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 18
963 - 963
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 19
1844 - 1901
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 20
1925 - 2019
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 21
1947 - 1996
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 22
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 23
1438 - 1506
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 24
1142 - 1236
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 25