Samanid dynasty

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Samanid dynasty (819–999)

The Samani dynasty (Persian: سامانیان Sāmāniyān), also called the Samanid Empire, or simply Samanids (819–999)[1] was a Tajik state[2][3][4][5] and empire[6] in Central Asia and Greater Iran. It is named after its founder Saman Khuda,[7] who converted to Sunni Islam.[8] He had been born a member of the Zoroastrian nobility. It was the first Persian empire in Greater Iran and Central Asia after the Sassanid Persian empire collapsed because of the Arab conquest.[7]

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  1. Encyclopedia Britannica, Online Edition, 2007, Samani Dynasty, LINK
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  3. Bernard Lewis, Historians of the Middle East, (Oxford University Press, 1962), 372.
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    • The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, By Encyclopaedia Britannica Publishers, Inc. Staff, Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc, Published by Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1987, ISBN 0852294433, 9780852294437, pg. 891;
    • The monumental inscriptions from early Islamic Iran and Transoxiana, By Sheila Blair, Published by BRILL, 1992, ISBN 9004093672, 9789004093676, pg. 27.
  6. 7.0 7.1 Shahmiri, Cyrus (2011). "The Samanid Empire - All Empires". allempires.com. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  7. The History of Iran By Elton L. Daniel, pg. 74