- The
Samanid Empire (Persian: سامانیان, romanized: Sāmāniyān) was a
Persianate ****
Muslim empire,
ruled by a
dynasty of
Iranian dehqan origin. The empire...
- The
Samanid Mausoleum is a
mausoleum located in the
northwestern part of Bukhara, Uzbekistan, just
outside its
historic center. It was
built in the 10th...
- the
death of his father-in-law, Alp Tigin, who was an ex-general of the
Samanid Empire from Balkh. Sabuktigin's son,
Mahmud of Ghazni,
expanded the Ghaznavid...
- (اسماعیل بن احمد), was the
Samanid amir of
Transoxiana (892–907) and
Khorasan (900–907). His
reign saw the
emergence of the
Samanids as a
powerful force. He...
- Alptegīn or Alptigīn) or Alptekin, was a
Turkic slave commander of the
Samanid Empire, who
would later become the semi-independent
governor of Ghazna...
-
leadership of Mardavij.
After his death, his
brother Vushmgir and his
Samanid allies led the
dynasty in
wrestling for
control over
territory against...
-
Transoxiana and
Khurasan as the head of the
Samanid dynasty from 914 to 943. His
reign marked the high
point of the
Samanid dynasty's fortunes. He was the son...
- 'Abd al-Malik II was amir of the
Samanids (999). His
brief reign saw the
downfall of the
Samanid state. He was the son of Nuh II. In
February 999, 'Abd...
-
Khanate and the
Samanid Empire fought two wars in 990–991 and 999–1000.
Satuq Buğra Khan's grandson,
Hasan ibn Sulayman,
attacked the
Samanids in the late...
-
Samanid Epigraphic Ware
refers to a
distinct category of
ceramics made in
Central Asia
during the
ninth to
eleventh centuries. The
ceramics are distinguished...
