Abd al-Malik I was amir of the Samanid Empire from 954 to 961. He was the son and successor of Nuh I. His reign was marked by internal strife, with the Turkic slave-soldiers increasing in power. He di
Gold dinar of Abd al-Malik I, minted at Nishapur in 955/6
Alp-Tegin
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Alp-Tegin, or Alptekin, was a Turkic slave commander general of the Samanid Empire, who would later become the semi-independent governor of Ghazna from 962 until his death in 963.
Abd al-Malik I (Samanid emir)
…Buyids. Abd al-Malik had him summoned to Bukhara in December 956, under the pretence that he would award him a robe of honour, but instead had the ghulam Alptigin kill him. He then had his vizier, Muhammad ibn Uzayr, imprisoned and executed. Both were accused of being followers of the Qarmatians, a branch of…
Bust of Alp Tegin as one of the founders of the "16 Great Turkic Empires", part of the "Turkishness Monument" (Türklük Anıtı) in Pınarbaşı, Kayseri (opened 2000, 2012 photograph).