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.
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).
Sabuktigin
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Abu Mansur Nasir ad-Din wa'd-Dawla Sabuktigin 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
Alp-Tegin
…investiture from the Samanids as the governor of Ghazna. Alp-Tegin died a few months later (September 963) and was succeeded by his son Abu Ishaq Ibrahim. Sabuktigin, a slave who was bought by Alp-Tegin and had accompanied him to Ghazna, was appointed as the ruler of Ghazna by the Turks of the town in 977, marking…
Coin of Sabuktigin, citing the Samanid amir Nuh II as his suzerain. Date unknown, minted at Ghazna
Sabuktigin's son, Mahmud fights Abu Ali Simjuri, folio from Jami' al-tawarikh by Rashid al-Din Hamadani
Tomb of Sabuktigin, between Ghazni and Rawza (33°34′13″N 68°26′17″E / 33.570399°N 68.438171°E / 33.570399; 68.438171).