Mehmud Ghazni Early career

In 994 Mahmud joined his dad Sabuktigin in the catch of Khorasan from the renegade Fa'iq in help of the Samanid Emir, Nuh II. During this period, the Samanid Empire turned out to be exceptionally shaky, with moving inner political tides as different groups competed for control, the boss among them being Abu'l-Qasim Simjuri, Fa'iq, Abu Ali[citation needed], the General Bekhtuzin just as the adjoining Buyid line and Kara-Khanid Khanate.