About Bilge Tegin
Lived 901 – 975 (aged 73–74). Bilge Tegin was a military leader.
Bilgetegin was a Turkic officer, who was the Samanid governor of Ghazna from 12 November 966 to 975. He was successor of Abu Ishaq Ibrahim of Ghazna.
On 12 November 966, when Abu Ishaq Ibrahim of Ghazna died, he left no child for the throne of the Ghaznavid dynasty. Turkic leaders and princes chose Bilgetegin as Samanid governor of Ghazna in November 966. He died in 975 during his siege of Lawik-ruled Gardez. Böritigin of Ghazni was his successor.
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Who was Bilge Tegin?
sultan of Ghazni
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Bilge Tegin was born in 901.
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Bilge Tegin died in 975 in Ghazni.
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Bilge Tegin was a military leader.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Bilge Tegin. https://biography.guide/bilge-tegin/
MLA: "Bilge Tegin." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/bilge-tegin/.
Chicago: "Bilge Tegin." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/bilge-tegin/.
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