Samanids (Family, Concept)

Canonical URI: http://nomisma.org/id/samanids

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Preferred Label
Samanids (en), Samanides (fr), Samánidas (es), Samanidi (it), Samaniden (de), Σαμανίδες (el)Additional labels
Alternate Label
Samanid Dynasty (en)
Alternate Label
Samanid Empire (en)

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The Samanid dynasty, also known as the Samanid Empire, or simply Samanids (819–999), was a Sunni Persian Empire in Central Asia, named after its founder Saman Khuda, a landowner from Balkh, who converted to Islam despite being from Zoroastrian nobility.

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