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Abu Ishaq Ibrahim
Governor of Ghazna
In office
September 963 – 12 November 966
MonarchMansur I
Succeeded byBilgetegin
Personal details
Died12 November 966
Ghazna

Abu Ishaq Ibrahim, also known as Ishaq ibn Alp-Tegin, was a Turkic officer, who was the Samanid governor of Ghazna from September 963 to November 966. He was the son and successor of Alp-Tegin.

Abu Ishaq Ibrahim briefly lost control of Ghazna after an invasion by its former ruler, Abu Bakr Lawik. However, he managed to regain it with Samanid aid. Some time later, Abu Ishaq Ibrahim died and was succeeded by a Turkic slave commander named Bilgetegin.

Re-conquest of Ghazna

10th-century battle fought at Ghazna
Battle of Ghazna
Date965 AD
LocationGhazni, Afghanistan
Result Samanid victory
Territorial
changes
Ghazna captured by the Muslims
Belligerents
Samanid Lawik dynasty
Supported by
Hindu Shahi
Commanders and leaders
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim of Ghazna Abu Ali Lawik

The Battle of Ghazna was fought between the Samanid and local Lawik dynasty supported by Hindu Shahi.

After the defeat of Abu ishaq in Ghazna, he fled to Bukhara and seek help from Mansur I of Samanid and returned with large forces. He entered and marched against the ruler of Ghazna and defeated Abu Ali Lawik and Shahis in Ghazna, then took control of the city.


Sources

  1. Nazim Muhammad (1931). The Life And Times Of Sultan Mahmud Of Ghazna. p. 26.
Preceded byAlp-Tegin Governor of Ghazna
September 963–November 966
Succeeded byBilgetegin
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