Samanid Empire

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Persianate state Sunni Muslim dynasty empire medieval dynasty

The Samanid Empire was a Persianate Sunni Muslim dynasty that ruled parts of Central Asia and Greater Khorasan in the 9th–10th centuries, playing a key role in the revival of Persian culture and literature under Islamic rule.

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Samanid dynasty 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Persianate state ⓘ
Sunni Muslim dynasty ⓘ
empire ⓘ
medieval dynasty ⓘ
capital Bukhara, Uzbekistan ⓘ
surface form: Bukhara

Samarkand ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Samanid Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Samanid dynasty
culturalInfluence formation of Tajik identity ⓘ
spread of Persian language in Central Asia ⓘ
currency dinar ⓘ
dirham ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
craft production ⓘ
trade ⓘ
endTime 10th century ⓘ
999 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Persians ⓘ
Tajiks ⓘ
followedBy Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ
Kara-Khanid Khanate ⓘ
surface form: Karakhanid Khanate
foundedBy Saman Khuda ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
hasTerritory Khorasan ⓘ
Khwarezm ⓘ
Transoxiana ⓘ
parts of present-day Afghanistan ⓘ
parts of present-day Iran ⓘ
parts of present-day Tajikistan ⓘ
parts of present-day Turkmenistan ⓘ
parts of present-day Uzbekistan ⓘ
knownFor minting of silver dirhams ⓘ
promotion of New Persian language ⓘ
revival of Persian culture ⓘ
urban development of Bukhara ⓘ
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Arabic language

Persian language ⓘ
militaryConflict conflicts with Buyids ⓘ
conflicts with Karakhanids ⓘ
conflicts with Saffarids ⓘ
namedAfter Saman Khuda ⓘ
notableFigure Avicenna ⓘ
surface form: Ibn Sina

Rudaki ⓘ
Al-Biruni ⓘ
surface form: al-Biruni
notableRuler Abd al-Malik I ⓘ
Abu Salih Mansur I ⓘ
Nuh II ⓘ
surface form: Abu al-Qasim Nuh II

Ismail Samani ⓘ
Nasr II ⓘ
Nuh I ⓘ
Nuh II ⓘ
partOf Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
patronageOf Islamic scholarship ⓘ
Persian literature ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
science ⓘ
precededBy Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
region Central Asia ⓘ
Khorasan ⓘ
surface form: Greater Khorasan
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousPolicy support for Sunni orthodoxy ⓘ
significantEvent defeat by Karakhanids ⓘ
recognition by Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
rise of Ghaznavids ⓘ
startTime 819 ⓘ
9th century ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Samanid Empire → country → Samanid Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samanid dynasty
Rayy → governedBy → Samanid Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samanid dynasty
Islamic world → hasHistoricEmpire → Samanid Empire ⓘ
Greater Iran → historicallyLinkedTo → Samanid Empire ⓘ
Islamic Golden Age → majorDynasty → Samanid Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samanid dynasty
Ghaznavid Empire → precededBy → Samanid Empire ⓘ
Nishapur → underDynasty → Samanid Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samanid dynasty