Name :	Alaptigen
Period :	- 976
Biographical detail :	The governor of Khurasan during the Samani kings. Having renounced his allegiance to the house of Saman, he came to Ghazni along with his followers and established his own principality in 962. Subiktagin, a chief, succeeded him in his service.
	(Compiler : M. Nauman Khan / Ghulam Mohiuddin)