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In some sources, the Samanids claimed to be descended from the House of Mihran of Bahram Chobin. The earliest appearance of the Samanid family appears to be in Greater Khorasan rather than Transoxiana. He was a Dehqan from the village of Saman in Balkh province, in present-day northern Afghanistan. The Samandi dynasty was founded by Saman Khuda, an 8th-century noble whose descendants, the House of Saman, later became rulers of Persis region, that is the Samanid Empire. 1.6 Isma'il Muntasir's attempt to resurrect the Samanid state (1000–1005).1.3 Final unification and height of power (892–907).1.2.2 The Samanid dynasty in Transoxiana (819–892).

In a famous edict, Samanid authorities declared that "here, in this region, the language is Persian, and the kings of this realm are Persian kings." They considered themselves to be descendants of the Sasanian Empire. Scholars note that the Samanids revived Persian language and culture more than the Buyids and the Saffarids while continuing to patronize Arabic for sciences as well as the religious studies. While under Samanid control, Bukhara was a rival to Baghdad in its glory. The Samanids promoted the arts, giving rise to the advancement of science and literature, and thus attracted scholars such as Rudaki, Ferdowsi, and Avicenna. This later contributed to the formation of the Turko-Persian culture. The Samanid Empire is part of the Iranian Intermezzo, which saw the creation of a Persianate culture and identity that brought Iranian speech and traditions into the fold of the Islamic world. It was also under him that the Samanids became independent of Abbasid authority. In 892, Ismail Samani (892–907) united the Samanid state under one ruler, thus effectively putting an end to the feudal system used by the Samanids. Each of them ruled territory under Abbasid suzerainty. The empire was centred in Khorasan and Transoxiana at its greatest extent encompassing modern-day Afghanistan, huge parts of Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and parts of Kazakhstan and Pakistan.įour brothers- Nuh, Ahmad, Yahya, and Ilyas-founded the Samanid state. The Samanid Empire ( Persian: سامانیان‎, Sāmāniyān, also known as the Samanian Empire, Samanid dynasty, Samanid amirate, or simply Samanids) was a Sunni Iranian empire from 819 to 999.