Ismail Samani

Ismail Samani
اسماعیل سامانی
Coinage of Isma'il ibn Ahmad, Usrushana mint. Dated AH 280 (893-4 CE).
Amir of the Samanid Empire
ReignAugust 892 – 24 November 907
PredecessorNasr I
SuccessorAhmad Samani
BornMay 849
Farghana
Died24 November 907(907-11-24) (aged 58)
Bukhara
Burial
IssueAhmad Samani
DynastySamanids
FatherAhmad ibn Asad
ReligionSunni 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]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. p. 62. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.
  3. ^ Encyclopaedic Survey of Islamic Culture, pg. 84 Mohammad Taher