Abu Ali Lawik of the
Lawik dynasty was the son of
Abu Bakr Lawik, and also a brother-in-law of the
Turk Shahi ruler of the region, Kabul Shah.
He was invited by the people of Ghazni to overthrow
Böritigin or Pirai and proceeded in alliance with the Shahi Rulers of the region in this venture.
Alptigin seized Zabulistan together with its capital
Ghazni
Ghazni ( prs, غزنی, ps, غزني), historically known as Ghaznain () or Ghazna (), also transliterated as Ghuznee, and anciently known as Alexandria in Opiana ( gr, Αλεξάνδρεια Ωπιανή), is a city in southeastern Afghanistan ...
from Amir Abu Bakr Lawik in c. AD 963, and there established an independent kingdom. He raised Sabuktigin to the position of a general.
[History of Delhi Sultanate By M H Syed Page 4] Sabuktigin had been purchased as a slave by Alptigin who was the lord chamberlain of the
Samani ruler of
Khurasan.
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Zabulistan
Zabulistan ( fa, زابلستان ''Zābulistān''/''Zābolistān''/''Zāwulistān'' or simply ''Zābul'', ps, زابل ''Zābəl''), was a historical region in southern Afghanistan roughly corresponding to the modern provinces of Zabul and ...
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Zunbils
Zunbil, also written as Zhunbil, or Rutbils of Zabulistan, was a royal dynasty south of the Hindu Kush in present southern Afghanistan region. They ruled from circa 680 AD until the Saffarid conquest in 870 AD. The Zunbil dynasty was founded by R ...
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10th-century Afghan people
History of Zabul Province
Kabul Shahi