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The Sāmānid dynasty (875-999) was a Persian dynasty in Central Asia, named after its founder Saman Khoda. They revived Persian - Tajik traditions and language after the Islamic conquest of Iran, and Iranian dynasty of Sasanid. Their capitals were Bukhara, Samarqand and Herat. In 999 their realm was conquered by the Karakhanids.
The Samanids were the first native rulers after the Arabic conquest, and they are considered the beginning of the Tajik nation.
Samanid Amirs
- Nasr I (864 - 892) (Effectively independent 875)
- Ismail (892 - 907)
- Ahmad II (907 - 914)
- Nasr II (914 - 943)
- Hamid Nuh I (943 - 954)
- Abdul Malik I (954 - 961)
- Mansur I (961 - 976)
- Nuh II (976 - 997)
- Mansur II (997 - 999)
- 'Abd al-Malik II (999)
See also
External links
To the Question of the Origin of the Samanids by Shamsiddin S. Kamoliddin, in Transoxiana 10, July 2005.
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