| Ismail Samani اسماعیل سامانی | |
|---|---|
_Usrushana_mint._Dated_AH_280_(AD_893-4).jpg) Coinage of Isma'il ibn Ahmad, Usrushana mint. Dated AH 280 (893-4 CE). | |
| Amir of the Samanid Empire | |
| Reign | August 892 – 24 November 907 |
| Predecessor | Nasr I |
| Successor | Ahmad Samani |
| Born | May 849 Farghana |
| Died | 24 November 907 (aged 58) Bukhara |
| Burial | |
| Issue | Ahmad Samani |
| Dynasty | Samanids |
| Father | Ahmad ibn Asad |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Abū Ibrāhīm Ismā'īl ibn-i Aḥmad-i Sāmāni (Persian: ابو ابراهیم اسماعیل بن احمد سامانی; May 849 – 24 November 907),[1] better known simply as Ismail-i Samani (اسماعیل سامانی), and also known as Isma'il ibn-i Ahmad (اسماعیل بن احمد), was the Samanid amir of Transoxiana (892–907) and Khorasan (900–907). His reign saw the emergence of the Samanids as a powerful force.[2] He was the son of Ahmad ibn-i Asad and a descendant of Saman Khuda, the eponymous ancestor of the Samanid dynasty who renounced Zoroastrianism and embraced Islam.[3]
- ^ The book of government, or, Rules for kings: the Siyar al-Muluk, or, Siyasat-nama of Nizam al-Mulk, Niẓām al-Mulk, Hubert Darke, pg. 156
- ^ Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. p. 62. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.
- ^ Encyclopaedic Survey of Islamic Culture, pg. 84 Mohammad Taher