Ismail Samani

Ismail Samani
اسماعیل سامانی
Ismail Samani; اسماعیل سامانی
	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 (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

[1] 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

[sen2-2] Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. p. 62. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.

[3] Encyclopaedic Survey of Islamic Culture, pg. 84 Mohammad Taher

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