Abu Bakr Lawik was a ruler of
Ghazna (in modern Afghanistan) from the
Lawik dynasty. He was most likely a vassal of the
Samanid Empire. In 962, the
Turkic slave commander
Alp-Tegin captured Ghazna after besieging the
Citadel of Ghazni for four months. However, a few years later, Lawik managed to re-capture the town from
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim, the son and successor of Alp-Tegin. This was not to last long; Abu Ishaq Ibrahim shortly returned to the town with Samanid aid, and took control of the town once again. Abu Bakr Lawik is thereafter no longer mentioned; he died before 977, the year that
Ghaznavid control was established in Ghazna.
Sources
Frye, R.N. (1975).
"The Sāmānids". In Frye, R.N. (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 136–161.
ISBN0-521-20093-8.