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Formation of the Ghaznavid Predecessor Power

Type Event Region Afghanistan Time c. 900

Around 900 CE, the Turkic commander Alptegin became military governor of Ghazna under the Samanids, building a ghulam slave-soldier corps;…

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  1. c. 900Ghazni · AfghanistanThe Samanid emir appointed the Turkic commander Alptegin as military governor of Ghazna. Alptegin formed a ghulam corps from war captives and purchased slaves, creating an independent military force under Samanid suzerainty.
  2. c. 963–977Ghazni · AfghanistanAfter Alptegin's death, his son-in-law Sebuktigin inherited the military-political leadership, continued expanding, and remained nominally subject to the Samanids. By 977, his son Mahmud formally established the Ghaznavid dynasty, completing the transition from a dependent corps to independent royal power.

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