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'''Böritigin''' or '''Böri''' (In ] the name means ''wolf prince'')<ref>"Turkish böri “wolf” plus tigin “prince”; cf. G. Clauson, Etymological Dictionary of Pre-Thirteenth Century Turkish, Oxford, 1972, pp. 356, 483. '']''. Retrieved 17 August 2014</ref> was the ] ] of ] from 974/975 to 977 under ] authority.

After the death in battle at ] in 974/975 of ], the Turkic garrison who had been left in ] by ] chose Böri as their commander. However, he soon proved drunken and incompetent, and the indigenous population of Ghazna invited back their former ruler, displaced by Alptigin, Abū ʿAlī Lavīk or Anūk. Lavīk was defeated in the Lōgar valley en route from ] to Ghazna by ], another of the ] commanders in Ghazna, and in 977 Böri was declared deposed, and Sabuktigin succeeded as leader in Ghazna, where he was to found the ].<ref> '']''. Retrieved 17 August 2014</ref>

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This article is about the emir of Ghazna. For the khan of the Kara-Khanid Khanate, see Böritigin. Emir of Ghazna
Böritigin
Emir of Ghazna
Reign974/5 - 977
PredecessorBilgetigin
SuccessorSabuktigin
ReligionIslam

Böritigin or Böri (In Turkic the name means wolf prince) was the Turkic emir of Ghazna from 974/975 to 977 under Samanid authority.

After the death in battle at Gardez in 974/975 of Bilgetigin, the Turkic garrison who had been left in Ghazna by Alptigin chose Böri as their commander. However, he soon proved drunken and incompetent, and the indigenous population of Ghazna invited back their former ruler, displaced by Alptigin, Abū ʿAlī Lavīk or Anūk. Lavīk was defeated in the Lōgar valley en route from Kabul to Ghazna by Sabuktigin, another of the ghulam commanders in Ghazna, and in 977 Böri was declared deposed, and Sabuktigin succeeded as leader in Ghazna, where he was to found the Ghaznavid dynasty.

Footnotes

  1. "Turkish böri “wolf” plus tigin “prince”; cf. G. Clauson, Etymological Dictionary of Pre-Thirteenth Century Turkish, Oxford, 1972, pp. 356, 483."BÖRI" Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 17 August 2014
  2. "BÖRI" Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 17 August 2014
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Bilgetigin 		Emir of Ghazna
974/975–977 		Followed by:
Sabuktigin
Ghaznavid sultans
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