Samanid Empire
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title:
Samanid Empire
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The Samanid Empire, also known as the Samanian Empire, Samanid dynasty, Samanid amirate, or simply as the Samanids, was a Persianate Sunni Muslim empire, of Iranian dehqan origin. The empire was centred in Khorasan and Transoxiana; at its greatest extent encompassing northeastern Iran and Central Asia, from 819 to 999. Four brothers—Nuh, Ahmad, Yahya, and Ilyas—founded the Samanid state. Each of them ruled territories under Abbasid suzerainty. In 892, Ismail Samani (892–907) united the Samanid s
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description:
819–999 Sunni Iranian empire in Central Asia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samanid_Empire
date created:
2004-07-18T22:07:30Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T00:29:57Z
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