Samanid definition of Samanid in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

Samanid (sämä`nĭd), Muslim Persian dynasty that ruled (819–1005) in Khorasan Khorasan (khôr'əsän`) or Khurasan
..... Click the link for more information. and Transoxiana as vassals of the Abbasids Abbasid (əbă`sĭd, ă`bəsĭd) or Abbaside
..... Click the link for more information. ; founded by Saman-Khuda, of old Persian aristocracy. The Samanids were one of the first purely indigenous dynasties to rule in Persia following the Muslim Arab conquest. Not until the reign (892–907) of Saman-Khuda's great-grandson,

Ismail I, did Samanid power become extensive. In 900, Ismail defeated the Saffarids Yaqub ibn Layth, d. 879?, was a coppersmith who raised an army during a time of unrest and instability, conquering his native province of Sistan by 867. A few years later, he had expanded his rule to include Baluchistan, Fars, Kerman, Sind, and in 873, Khorasan .
..... Click the link for more information. in Khorasan, while his brother was the governor of Transoxiana; thus, Samanid rule was acclaimed over the combined regions. Persian influence was felt immediately, and the cities of Bukhara Bukhara (bəkä`rə), city (1991 pop. 231,000), capital of Bukhara region, Uzbekistan, in the Zeravshan River valley.
..... Click the link for more information. (the Samanid capital) and Samarkand Samarkand (sămərkănd`, Rus. səmərkänt`), city (1991 pop.
..... Click the link for more information. became centers of Persian art and literature; industries included pottery making and bronze casting. After 950, Samanid power weakened, but was briefly revitalized under

Nuh II, who ruled from 976 to 997. However, with the oncoming encroachment of Muslim Turks into the Abbasid Empire, the Samanids were effectively defeated; in 999, Bukhara fell under a combined force of Ghaznavids and Qarakhanids.

Ismail II, d. 1005, last ruler of the dynasty, briefly fought (1000–1005) to retain Samanid territory, until he was assassinated.