Samanid dynasty facts for kids

Samanid dynasty (819–999)

The Samani dynasty (Persian: سامانیان Sāmāniyān), also called the Samanid Empire, or simply Samanids (819–999) was a Tajik state and empire in Central Asia and Greater Iran. It is named after its founder Saman Khuda, who converted to Sunni Islam. 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.

Images for kids

Picture of the Samanid Mausoleum, the burial site of Ismail Samani.
Coin of Nasr II, minted in Nishapur (933/4).
Iran in the mid-10th century.
“Battle Between Abu’l-Qasim and the Samanid Muntasir”, 14th century illustration.
The Sasanian king Khosrow II and his courtiers in a garden, page from a manuscript of the Shahnameh, late 15th-early 16th century. Brooklyn Museum.
Coinage of Malik ibn Shakartegin (Circa AH 312-344/ 924-955 CE), a Samanid ruler of Akhsikath. Ferghana mint, dated AH 382 (AD 992-3).
Example of figural earthenware ceramics from Samanid period. From Nishapur, Iran, 10th century CE.
Bowl with Arabic inscription "Planning before work protects you from regret; prosperity and peace", 10th century CE, Iran.