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The Samanid Empire ( Persian: سامانیان, romanized : Sāmāniyān ), 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 ...
Both cities remained centres of Persian culture and civilisation after the Islamic conquest of Iran, and played a crucial role in the revival of Persian culture with establishment of the Samanid Empire. Part of this region was conquered by Qutayba ibn Muslim between 706 and 715 and loosely held by the Umayyads from 715 to 738.
Samanid dynasty, Iranian dynasty that arose in what is now eastern Iran and Uzbekistan. It was renowned for the impulse that it gave to Iranian national expression. Its cultural contributions included the works of Rudaki and Ferdowsi as well as slip-painted pottery.
The Samanid Empire, of Iranian dehqan origin and Sunni Muslim faith, thrived from 819 to 999, centering in Khorasan and Transoxiana and at its zenith encompassing Persia and Central Asia. Founded by four brothers—Nuh, Ahmad, Yahya, and Ilyas—under Abbasid suzerainty, the empire was unified by Ismail Samani (892–907), marking both the end ...
Samanid (sämä´nĬd), Muslim Persian dynasty that ruled (819–1005) in Khorasan and Transoxiana as vassals of the Abbasids; founded by Saman-Khuda, of old Persian aristocracy. The Samanids were one of the first purely indigenous dynasties to rule in Persia following the Muslim Arab conquest.
A great centre of Muslim civilization during the European Middle Ages, Transoxania was the centre of the Timurid empire in the 15th century, and its cities (e.g., Bukhara and Samarkand) were known worldwide. The region came under Russian occupation in the 19th century.
In eight chapters, the author explores the revitalisation of Persian culture under the Samanid Empire in the Tajik heartlands of historical Khorasan and Transoxiana; analyses the evolution of the politics of Tajik identity; and traces the history of the ethnic Tajik diaspora today.
