Alp-Tegin , ( Persian : الپتگین Alptegīn or Alptigīn ) or Alptekin , was a Turkic slave commander of the Samanid Empire , who would later become the semi-independent governor of Ghazna from 962 until his death in 963.
11-1312: See also: Tegin and Tigin Tekin may refer to: Given name [ edit ] Tekin Alp , Turkish politician Tekin Arıburun , Turkish soldier and statesman Tekin Bingöl , Turkish politician Tekin Dereli , Turkish theoretical physicist Tekin Kurtuluş , German actor Tekin Okan Düzgün (born 1988), Turkish Paralympian goalball player Tekin Sazlog , Turkish footballer Surname [ edit ] Bülent Tekin , Kurdish poet and writer Gürsel Tekin , Turkish politician Harun Tekin , Turkish singer Latife Tekin , Turkish women writer Metin Tekin , retired Turkish footballer Özlem Tekin , Turkish singer Türker Tekin , Turkish theater director and actor [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share
22-514: A major role in the appointment of Muhammad Bal'ami as vizier , whom he became close allies with. Abd al-Malik I died a few months later (November). Alp-Tegin and Bal'ami sought to use his death as an opportunity to make the deceased ruler's young son Nasr the new ruler, in order to rule on his behalf. However, several powerful figures of the Samanid state, such as Fa'iq Khassa , favored Abd al-Malik's brother Mansur I , and managed to make him
33-574: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Tegin Tegin ( Old Turkic : 𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤 , romanized: tegin , also tigin , MC * dək-gɨn > Pinyin : Tèqín ; Chinese : 特勤 , erroneously Tèlè 特勒 ) is a Turkic title, commonly attachable to the names of the junior members of the Khagan 's family. However, Ligeti cast doubts on the Turkic provenance by pointing to
44-765: The creation of the Kara-Khanid Kaganate . The Chinese History of the Northern Dynasties states that the Hephthalite emperor of the Gandhara state was from a ruling clan of the neighboring Tegin state. With time, the title tegin became a popular personal name and now perseveres both as personal and family name, predominantly in the South Asia and Middle East areas. The Hungarian name Tétény, in old Hungarian Tühütüm likely descends from
55-519: The local Lawik dynasty , defeating the forces of the local rulers of Bamiyan and Kabul along the way. He seized Ghazna from Abu Bakr Lawik , a kinsman of the Kabulshah , and secured his position by receiving an 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
66-518: The new ruler. Bal'ami then quickly went over to Fa'iq's side, leaving Alp-Tegin isolated. Mansur I upon his accession had Alp-Tegin dismissed from the governorship of Khorasan. Alp-Tegin then took his personal guard of Turkic slave-soldiers and group of Iranian ghazis to Balkh, where he in April 962 defeated an army sent by Mansur I. He then left for Ghazna, a small town in Zabulistan ruled by
77-602: The non-Turkic plural form tegit. History records many people carrying the title Tegin. The best known is Kül Tigin ( 闕特勤 ; Queteqin , erroneously 闕特勒 ; Quētèlè ), noted for the stele in his memory in the Orkhon inscriptions . Some Tegins founded and headed their own states. Alp-Tegin , founder of the Ghazni state, which grew into the Ghaznavid Empire ; Arslan Tegin and Bughra Tegin , both instrumental in
88-723: The same given name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Tekin . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tekin&oldid=1159993083 " Categories : Given names Surnames Turkish-language surnames Turkish masculine given names Masculine given names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
99-596: The title Tegin. Alp-Tegin Before becoming governor of Ghazni, Alp-Tegin was the commander-in-chief ( sipahsalar ) of the Samanid army in Khorasan . In a political fallout over succession of the Samanids he crossed the Hindu Kush mountains southward and captured Ghazna, located strategically between Kabul and Kandahar in present-day Afghanistan , and thereby establishing his own principality, which, however,
110-535: Was highly Persianized . During the reign of Nuh I (r. 943–954), Alp-Tegin was appointed as the head of the royal guard ( hajib al-hujjab ). During the reign of Nuh's son and successor Abd al-Malik I (r. 954–961), Alp-Tegin was appointed as the governor of Balkh , and by 961 he was the commander-in-chief ( sipahsalar ) of the Samanid army in Khorasan , thus succeeding Abu Mansur Muhammad . On 10 February 961, Alp-Tegin arrived to Nishapur with his vizier Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn al-Shibli. Alp-Tegin also played
121-521: Was still under Samanid authority. He was succeeded by his son, Abu Ishaq Ibrahim . Alp-Tegin was originally part of the nomadic Turks that roamed the Central Asian steppes , but was later captured and brought via the Samanid slave trade as a slave to the Samanid capital of Bukhara , where he was raised in the Samanid court. Despite being of Turkic stock and allegedly in speech, Alp-Tegin
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