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(907-11-24) (aged 58) Bukhara
Burial
Samanid Mausoleum, Bukhara
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
ibn-i Aḥmad-i Sāmāni (Persian: ابو ابراهیم اسماعیل بن احمد سامانی; May 849 – 24 November 907), better known simply as Ismail-i Samani (اسماعیل سامانی)...
Union before Tajikistan became independent. The mountain is named after IsmailSamani, a ruler of the Samanid dynasty. It is located in the Pamir Range. When...
state. Each of them ruled territories under Abbasid suzerainty. In 892, IsmailSamani (892–907) united the Samanid state under one ruler, thus effectively...
attribute it to the reign of IsmailSamani (r. 892–907 CE), a founder of the dynasty (b. 849), some reference Ismail's father, Ahmad, who governed Samarkand...
conical dome that is otherwise uncommon in the region. IsmailSamani mausoleum The IsmailSamani mausoleum (9th–10th centuries), is one of the most highly...
divided into four districts, all named after Persian historical figures: IsmailSamani, Avicenna, Ferdowsi, and Shah Mansur. In ancient times, what is now...
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al-Andalus under the Caliphate of Córdoba and in the Samanid Empire under IsmailSamani. The Abbasid Caliphate continued to exist but with reduced central authority...
brother IsmailSamani to capture the city of Bukhara, which had recently been ravaged by troops of Khwarazm. The city opened its gates to him, and Ismail was...
successor, Amr bin Laith, was defeated at the Battle of Balkh against IsmailSamani in 900. Amr bin Laith was forced to surrender most of his territories...
its main hall. Its construction was dedicated to Tajik historic king IsmailSamani. It opened in August 2008, hosting an SCO summit in its first day. The...
Munk Timur, was the daughter of Jandibek, who was a descendant of IsmailSamani. Shaybani's father Budaq Sultan was an educated person on whose order...
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ruler's palace and the prison. Under the Samanid Empire, whose founder IsmailSamani was a descendant of Persian Zoroastrian convert to Islam, the city came...
thus the dynasty of rulers was started. The famous Samanid ruler Ismail I (IsmailSamani) (892-907) was Asad's grandson and the son of Ahmad. Frye, R.N...
established by the Abbasid Caliphate. The 12th century scholar-inventor Ismail al-Jazari, in his writings describes of numerous mechanical devices, ideas...
noted that some people claim that the Bangash Pashtuns are connected to IsmailSamani. According to Firasat et al. 2007, a proportion of Pashtuns may descend...
state. Each of them ruled territory under Abbasid suzerainty. In 892, IsmailSamani (892–907) united the Samanid state under 1 ruler, thus putting an end...
governor of Transoxania in 875, but it was his brother and successor, IsmailSamani who overthrew the Saffarids and the Zaydites of Tabaristan, thus establishing...
where he tries to comfort Ahmad Samani after the death of his father IsmailSamani in 907. Rudaki's career at the Samanid court is regarded as the most...
"Further evidence of a desire to follow in the line of Turkmen rulers is Ismail's assumption of the title 'Padishah-i-Iran', previously held by Uzun Hasan...
of scholars and conquerors such as Muhammad al-Bukhari, Al-Tirmidhi, IsmailSamani, al-Biruni, Avicenna, Tamerlane, Ulugh Begh, and Babur. Despite its...
August 1982, 13 July 1983, 2 August 1983 Communism Peak, today known as IsmailSamani Peak (7495m) - 29 July 1980, 24 July 1983 Peak Korzhenevskaya (7105m)...
Mohammad Zabihullah, anti-soviet resistance leader Rumi, Persian poet IsmailSamani, Persian king Roxana, Greek princess Avicenna, Persian polymatch Atta...
Ismoil Somoni may refer to: IsmailSamani (died 907), amir of Transoxiana and Khorasan Ismoil Somoni Peak, the highest mountain in Tajikistan, and formerly...
the wider region amongst themselves under Abbasid suzerainty. In 892, IsmailSamani united the regions under his family's control, and effectively gained...
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