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In 962, Alp-Tegin, a Turkish Ghulam or slave soldier, who rose to be the commander of the army in Khorasan in the service of the Samanids, rebelled against the Samanid rule, seized Zabulistan and Ghazna south of the Hindu Kush in modern-day Afghanistan and set himself up as a
semi-independent ruler there. After his death, he was succeeded by his son Abu Ishaq Ibrahim. Abu Ishaq died soon after in 977 and Sabuktigin, his brother-in-law succeeded him to the governorship of Ghazna.
In 977 Sabuktigin marched against Toghan, who had opposed his succession. Toghan fled to Bost, so Sebuktigin marched upon it and captured Kandahar and its surrounding area. This prompted the Shahi King Jayapala to launch an attack on Ghazna.
