Böritigin of Ghazni

Böritigin or Böri (in Turkic the name means wolf prince) was a Turkic officer, who served as the Samanid governor of Ghazna from 974/975 to 977.

Sources

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Preceded by:
Bilgetegin
Governor of Ghazna
975 20 April 977
Followed by:
Sabuktigin
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