Abu Ishaq Ibrahim, also known as Ishaq ibn Alp-Tegin, was a Turkic officer, who was the Samanid governor of Ghazna from September 963 to November 966.
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim briefly lost control of Ghazna after an invasion by its former ruler, Abu Bakr Lawik.
Some time later, Abu Ishaq Ibrahim died and was succeeded by a Turkic slave commander named Bilgetegin.
The Battle of Ghazna was fought between the Samanid and local Lawik dynasty supported by Hindu Shahi.
After the defeat of Abu ishaq in Ghazna, he fled to Bukhara and seek help from Mansur I of Samanid and returned with large forces.