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The Samanid Empire (Persian: سامانیان, romanized: Sāmāniyān) was a Persianate Sunni Muslim empire, ruled by a dynasty of Iranian dehqan origin, from 819 to 999. The empire was centred in Khorasan and Transoxiana, and at its greatest extent included northeastern Iran and Central Asia.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samanid Empire | 928 est. | 2,850,000 km2 (1,100,000 sq mi) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samanid Empire | Capital | Samarkand (819–892) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samanid Empire | Capital | Bukhara (892–999) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samanid Empire | Common languages | Persian (lingua franca, court, academia, literary), | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samanid Empire | Common languages | Arabic (theology, bureaucracy) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samanid Empire | Common languages | Sogdian and other Eastern Iranian languages (as a vernacular) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samanid Empire | Demonym | Samanid | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samanid Empire | Government | Hereditary monarchy | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samanid Empire | Historical era | Middle Ages | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samanid Empire | Religion | Sunni Islam Minority religions: Shia Islam Zoroastrianism | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samanid Empire | • 819–864/5 | Ahmad ibn Asad | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samanid Empire | • 999 | 'Abd al-Malik II | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samanid Empire | • Established | 819 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samanid Empire | • Ghaznavid–Samanid war & Karakhanid–Samanid wars | 999 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samanid Empire | • Samanid Civil War of 888 | 888 | 1.00 | infobox |
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