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Samanid Empire

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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928 est.
2,850,000 km2 (1,100,000 sq mi)
Capital
Samarkand (819–892) · Bukhara (892–999)
Common languages
Persian (lingua franca, court, academia, literary), · Arabic (theology, bureaucracy) · Sogdian and other Eastern Iranian languages (as a vernacular)
Demonym
Samanid
Government
Hereditary monarchy
Historical era
Middle Ages

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In modern Tajikistan

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Samanid Empire

Nodes223
Edges222
Triples139
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008969
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Samanid Empire

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related to Final unification and height of power (892–907) · 33
Samanid Empire → Afrighid, Amr, Baghdad, Balkh, Before Ismail Samani's, Bukhar Khudas, Bukhara, During, Following Nasr's, Furthermore, In, Isfahan, Ismail, Ismail Samani, It, Karluk Turks, Khorasan, Layth, Nestorian, Principality
related to Cultural and religious efforts · 28
Samanid Empire → Abbasid Caliphate, Although, Arabic, Baghdad, Bal'ami, Central Asia, Daqiqi, Despite, Despite Arabic, Following, Islam, Islamic, Islamo-Persian, Ismaili Shiism, Masudi, New Persian, Persian, Qur'an, Rudaki, Samanid
related to Population · 22
Samanid Empire → All, Bactrians, Eastern Persian-Tajik, Ferghana, Ferghanans, In, Iranian, Kashka Darya, Khorasan, Khorasanians, Khwarazmians, Khwarezm, Middle Iranian, Negmatov, New Persian, Pamir, Saka, Sogdians, Tukharistan, Under
related to Government · 11
Samanid Empire → Abbasid, Abbasid Caliphate, Arabic, Iranian, Khorasan, Like, Muhtajids, Samanid, Sasanian, The, Turkic
related to Iranian intermezzo · 9
Samanid Empire → Abbasid, Along, Buyids, In, Iranian Intermezzo, Islamic, Persian, Samanids, This
Common languages · 3
Samanid Empire → Arabic (theology, bureaucracy), Persian (lingua franca, court, academia, literary),, Sogdian and other Eastern Iranian languages (as a vernacular)
Capital · 2
Samanid Empire → Bukhara (892–999), Samarkand (819–892)
928 est. · 1
Samanid Empire → 2,850,000 km2 (1,100,000 sq mi)
Demonym · 1
Samanid Empire → Samanid
Government · 1
Samanid Empire → Hereditary monarchy

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samanid samanids bukhara khorasan persian transoxiana ismail ibn ahmad nasr empire however arabic later iranian dynasty ruler state isma'il nuh

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Samanid Empire928 est.2,850,000 km2 (1,100,000 sq mi)1.00infobox
Samanid EmpireCapitalSamarkand (819–892)1.00infobox
Samanid EmpireCapitalBukhara (892–999)1.00infobox
Samanid EmpireCommon languagesPersian (lingua franca, court, academia, literary),1.00infobox
Samanid EmpireCommon languagesArabic (theology, bureaucracy)1.00infobox
Samanid EmpireCommon languagesSogdian and other Eastern Iranian languages (as a vernacular)1.00infobox
Samanid EmpireDemonymSamanid1.00infobox
Samanid EmpireGovernmentHereditary monarchy1.00infobox
Samanid EmpireHistorical eraMiddle Ages1.00infobox
Samanid EmpireReligionSunni Islam Minority religions: Shia Islam Zoroastrianism1.00infobox
Samanid Empire• 819–864/5Ahmad ibn Asad1.00infobox
Samanid Empire• 999'Abd al-Malik II1.00infobox
Samanid Empire• Established8191.00infobox
Samanid Empire• Ghaznavid–Samanid war & Karakhanid–Samanid wars9991.00infobox
Samanid Empire• Samanid Civil War of 8888881.00infobox

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