Alp Tigin - Career

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Two military families arose from the Turkic slave-guards of the Samanids — the Simjurids and the Ghaznavids — who ultimately a the Ghaznavid fortunes when he established himself at Ghazna (modern-day Ghazni, Afghanistan) in 962.

When the Samanid Emir 'Abd al-Malik I died in 961 CE, it created a succession crisis between 'Abd al-Malik I's brothers. He and Abu al-Hasan Simjuri, as Samanid generals, competed with each other for the governorship of Khorasan and control of the Samanid empire by placing on the throne emirs they could dominate. Abu al-Hasan died in 961, but a new rival Fa'iq rose and eventually Mansur I was elected by the court ministers, and having backed the wrong candidate Alp Tigin retired from Khorasan to Ghazni, where he dispossessed a local ruling family, thus starting the Ghaznavid list in 962 CE. Coins of the era however show that he still nominally acknowledged the Samanid authority.

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