Bilgetegin
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Bilgetegin
|native_name =
|image = File:Bilgetegin (d. 975) from the genealogy Zübdet-üt Tevarih (1598).jpg
|caption = Portrait of Bilgetegin. From the genealogical tree of the Zübdet-üt Tevarih ("Cream of Histories"), an Ottoman Turkish manuscript created in Baghdad, dated 1598
|office = Governor of Ghazna
|term_start = 12 November 966
|term_end = 975
|monarch = Mansur I
|predecessor =
|successor = Böritigin of Ghazni
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
|death_date = 975
|death_place = Gardez
}}
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.{{cite book |last=Bosworth |first=C.E. |date=1992 |title=History of Civilizations of Central Asia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lodSckjlNuMC |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1992|page=96|isbn=9788120815957 }} Böritigin of Ghazni was his successor.
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- {{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hvx9jq_2L3EC&pg=PA136|title=The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs|last=Frye|first=R.N.|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1975|isbn=0-521-20093-8|editor-last=Frye|editor-first=R.N.|location=Cambridge|pages=136–161|chapter=The Sāmānids}}
- {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hvx9jq_2L3EC&q=the+cambridge+history+of+iran+4|title=The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs|last=Bosworth|first=C. E.|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1975|isbn=0-521-20093-8|editor-last=Frye|editor-first=R. N.|location=Cambridge|pages=162–198|chapter=The early Ghaznavids|author-link=C. E. Bosworth}}
- {{cite encyclopedia|year=1989|encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. I, Fasc. 9|publisher=C. Edmund Bosworth|location=London et al.|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/alptigin-tk|last=Bosworth|first=C. Edmund|pages=898|article=ALPTIGIN}}
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{{s-bef
| before = Abu Ishaq Ibrahim of Ghazna
}}
{{s-ttl
| title = Governor of Ghazna
| years = 12 November 966– 975
}}
{{s-aft
| after = Böritigin of Ghazni
}}
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Category:Samanid governors of Ghazna