Generals of the Samanid Empire

'''Abu Mansur Nasir ad-Din wa'd-Dawla Sabuktigin''' (; 940s – August-September 997) was the founder of the Ghaznavid dynasty, and amir of Ghazna from 977 to 997. Sabuktigin was a Turkic slave who was bought by Alp-Tegin, the commander of the royal guard of the Samanid dynasty. Alp-Tegin established himself as the governor of Ghazna in 962, and died a year later in 963. Afterwards, Sabuktigin built his prestige among other slave soldiers in Ghazna until he was elected by them as their ruler in 977.

Alp-Tegin, ( 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.

Muhtajid ruler of Chaghaniyan from 939 to 955

Samanid prince (died 915)

Turkic general

10th-century Iranian nobleman and Samanid official

10th-century Iranian aristocrat

Iranian Daylamite military leader (died 940)

Turkic military officer (died 948)