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Originally Posted by farooq_basir
Though Alaptagin had established himself at Ghazni in 962 AD when he rebelled against his Samanid masters but the founder of ghaznavid dynasty was Sabuktagin.he annexed Khurasan,sistan and other areas in Afghanistan and central asia and laid the foundation of Ghazanvide dynasty.Alaptagin merely occupied Ghazni,he was not the founder of Ghazanvide dynasty.
In the question we have been asked about the founder and not about the person who extended its territories so I think Alptagin is the most suitable option because he was the one who founded ghazanvide dynasty and later on it was established by Sabugtagin.
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