Frye, R.N. (1975). "The Sāmānids". In Frye, R.N. (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 136–161. ISBN0-521-20093-8.
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To the Question of the Origin of the Samanids by Shamsiddin S. Kamoliddin, in Transoxiana 10, July 2005.
asad, saman, persian, اسد, بن, سامان, early, samanid, saman, khuda, founder, samanid, dynasty, persia, according, tradition, asad, named, father, honor, caliphal, governor, khurasan, asad, allah, qasri, converted, saman, islam, asad, four, sons, ahmad, yahya, . Asad ibn Saman Persian اسد بن سامان was an early Samanid He was the son of Saman Khuda the founder of the Samanid dynasty of Persia According to tradition Asad was named by his father in honor of the Caliphal governor of Khurasan Asad ibn Abd Allah al Qasri 723 727 who had converted Saman to Islam Asad had four sons Nuh Ahmad Yahya and Ilyas Caliph al Mamun appointed Asad s sons to be rulers of Samarqand Ferghana Shash and Ustrushana and Hirat and thus the dynasty of rulers was started The famous Samanid ruler Ismail I Ismail Samani 892 907 was Asad s grandson and the son of Ahmad Sources EditFrye R N 1975 The Samanids In Frye R N ed The Cambridge History of Iran Volume 4 From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs Cambridge Cambridge University Press pp 136 161 ISBN 0 521 20093 8 External links EditTo the Question of the Origin of the Samanids by Shamsiddin S Kamoliddin in Transoxiana 10 July 2005 This article related to Central Asian history is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This Iranian biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Asad ibn Saman amp oldid 1130639326, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
