Sabuktigin

942–997

Founder of the Ghaznavid Empire (c.942–997)

military leader

Born in Barskoon

Contemporaries

People who walked the earth at the same time as Sabuktigin:

• Avicenna (980–1037)
• Murasaki Shikibu (970–)
• Ferdowsi (940–1020)
• Al-Biruni (973–1048)
• Ibn al-Haytham (965–1039)
• Leif Erikson (972–1020)
• Otto I the Great (912–973)
• Farabi (870–951)

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