Altun Tash (died 1032) was Khwarazm-Shah from 1017 until his death.Altun Tash was originally a slave commander serving the Ghaznavid Sebük Tigin. In 1008 he played a leading role in a battle against the Karakhanids at Sharkhiyan near Balkh in which the Ghaznavids were victorious. By 1011 he had been made governor of Herat by Sebük Tigin’s son Mahmud.In 1017 Mahmud conquered Khwarazm from its Ma’munid rulers and made Altun Tash its governor.
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