Simjurids

thumb|300px|Fight between Mahmud of Ghazni and [[Abu 'Ali Simjuri.]] The Simjurids were a Turkic family that served the Samanid emirs of Bukhara in the 10th century. They played an influential role in the history of eastern Iran and southern Afghanistan during that time, and by the second half of the 10th century they had built a semi-independent principality in Khurasan.

Turkic general

Turkic military officer (died 948)