Bilgetegin was a Turkic officer, who was the Samanid governor of

Ghazna Ghazni ( prs, غزنی, ps, غزني), historically known as Ghaznain () or Ghazna (), also transliterated as Ghuznee, and anciently known as Alexandria in Opiana ( gr, Αλεξάνδρεια Ωπιανή), is a city in southeastern Afghanistan ...

from 12 November 966 to 975. He was successor of

Abu Ishaq Ibrahim of 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 aft ...

. On 12 November 966, when

died, he left no child for throne of the

Ghaznavid dynasty The Ghaznavid dynasty ( fa, غزنویان ''Ġaznaviyān'') was a culturally Persianate, Sunni Muslim dynasty of Turkic ''mamluk'' origin, ruling, at its greatest extent, large parts of Persia, Khorasan, much of Transoxiana and the northwest ...

. Turkic leaders and princes chose Bilgetegin as

Samanid The Samanid Empire ( fa, سامانیان, Sāmāniyān) also known as the Samanian Empire, Samanid dynasty, Samanid amirate, or simply as the Samanids) was a Persianate Sunni Muslim empire, of Iranian dehqan origin. The empire was centred in Kh ...

ruler of Ghazna in November 966. He died in 975 during his siege of Lawik-ruled

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. Böritigin of Ghazni was his successor.

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