Sabuktigin
?–997 CE · Ghazni
Sabuktigin was the founder of the Ghaznavid dynasty, rising from Turkic slave-soldier origins in the service of the Samanids to become amir of Ghazna in 977. He expanded his territory in present-day Afghanistan and clashed with the Hindu Shahi rulers along the Indian frontier. He was the father of Mahmud of Ghazni, under whom the dynasty reached its greatest power. He died in 997.
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- Svyatoslav I of Kiev· 943 CE–972 CE
- Yaropolk I of Kiev· 958 CE–980 CE
- Almanzor (al-Mansur ibn Abi Aamir)· 938 CE–1002 CE
- Emperor Taizu of Song (Zhao Kuangyin)· 927 CE–976 CE
- John I Tzimiskes· 925 CE–976 CE
- al-Aziz Billah· 955 CE–996 CE
- al-Hakam II· 915 CE–976 CE
- Rajaraja Chola I· 947 CE–1014 CE
- Otto I the Great· 912 CE–973 CE
- al-Qadir· 947 CE–1031 CE
- Olga of Kiev· 890 CE–969 CE
- al-Radi· 909 CE–940 CE
- Mahmud of Ghazni· 971 CE–1030 CE
- Ly Thai To· 974 CE–1028 CE
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