Nuh I

Nuh I
Amir of the Samanids
Shahanshah
Coin of Nuh I
Reign14 April 943 – August 954[1]
PredecessorNasr II
SuccessorAbd al-Malik I
Born926
DiedAugust 954[1] (aged 28 )
IssueAbd al-Malik I
Mansur I
Abd al-Aziz
HouseSamanid
FatherNasr II
ReligionSunni Islam

Nuh ibn Nasr, or Nuh I (926-954), was the Amir of the Samanids in 943–954. He was the son of Nasr II. It is rumoured that he married a Chinese princess.[2]

  1. ^ a b Tabaqat-i Nasiri by Minhaj-i-Siraj, pg. 105, Lahore Sangmil Publications 2004
  2. ^ Richard N. Frye, Bukhara, the Medieval Achievement, (University of Oklahoma Press, 1965), 57.[ISBN missing]