Abu Abdallah Jayhani | |
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| Vizier of the Samanid Empire | |
| In office 914–922 | |
| Monarch | Nasr II |
| Preceded by | Abu Bakr Katib |
| Succeeded by | Abu'l-Fadl al-Bal'ami |
| Personal details | |
| Born | ? Jayhan, Transoxiana |
| Died | 925 Bukhara, Transoxiana |
| Children | Abu Ali Muhammad |
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Abū ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Jayhānī (Persian: ابو عبدالله محمد بن احمد جیهانی),[1] or Abu Abdallah Jayhani (ابو عبدالله جیهانی; also spelled al-Gayhani, Jaihani), was the Persian vizier of the Samanid Empire from 914 to 922. His lost geographical work (which was preserved in later authors' books) is an important source of 9th-century history of Central Asia and Eastern Europe. His son and grandson also served as viziers.