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Sabuktigin

942 - 997

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Abu Mansur Nasir ad-Din wa'd-Dawla Sabuktigin (Persian: ابومنصور ناصرالدین والدوله سبکتگین; c. 940s – August-September 997) was the founder of the Ghaznavid dynasty, and amir of Ghazna from 977 to 997. Sabuktigin was a Turkic slave who was bought by Alp-Tegin, the commander of the royal guard of the Samanid dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sabuktigin has received more than 459,004 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Sabuktigin is the 3,991st most popular politician (up from 4,980th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Kyrgyzstan (up from 8th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Kirghiz Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sabuktigin ranks 3,991 out of 19,576Before him are Al-Adil II, Emperor Ankō, Ante Marković, Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg, Boso of Provence, and Emperor Jingzong of Liao. After him are Quintus Aurelius Symmachus, Ban Kulin, Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure, Omar Torrijos, Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, and Marie Anne de Mailly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 942, Sabuktigin ranks 2Before him is Sviatoslav I of Kiev.  Among people deceased in 997, Sabuktigin ranks 5Before him are Adalbert of Prague, Emperor Taizong of Song, Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians, and Seongjong of Goryeo. After him are Roman of Bulgaria, Conrad I, Duke of Swabia, and Constantine III of Scotland.

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In Kyrgyzstan

Among people born in Kyrgyzstan, Sabuktigin ranks 7 out of 62Before him are Chinghiz Aitmatov (1928), Yūsuf Balasaguni (1020), Mikhail Frunze (1885), Askar Akayev (1944), Roza Otunbayeva (1950), and Kurmanbek Bakiyev (1949). After him are Vitali Klitschko (1971), Almazbek Atambayev (1956), Sadyr Japarov (1968), Sooronbay Jeenbekov (1958), Kurmanjan Datka (1811), and Elihan Tore (1885).

Among POLITICIANS In Kyrgyzstan

Among politicians born in Kyrgyzstan, Sabuktigin ranks 4Before him are Askar Akayev (1944), Roza Otunbayeva (1950), and Kurmanbek Bakiyev (1949). After him are Almazbek Atambayev (1956), Sadyr Japarov (1968), Sooronbay Jeenbekov (1958), Kurmanjan Datka (1811), Elihan Tore (1885), Boris Pankin (1931), Felix Kulov (1948), and Akylbek Japarov (1965).