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Also known as Amir Ismail Samani, Amir Ismail I, Amir Ismail the first

Amir of the Samanid Empire from 892 to 907

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Type
Group
Active from
1993

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Key facts

Reign
August 892 – 24 November 907
Predecessor
Nasr I
Successor
Ahmad Samani
Born
May 849, Farghana
Died
24 November 907 (907-11-24) (aged 58), Bukhara
Burial
Samanid Mausoleum , Bukhara
Issue
Ahmad Samani
Dynasty
Samanids
Father
Ahmad ibn Asad
Religion
Sunni Islam ( Hanafi )

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Ismail
Gender
male
Place of birth
Fergana
Place of death
Bukhara
Sibling
Nasr I
Occupation
military leader
Languages spoken
Persian
Religion
Islam
Image
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date of death
0907-11-24
date of birth
0849-06-00
Commons category
Ismail Samani
place of burial
Samanid Mausoleum
name in native language
ابو ابراهیم اسماعیل بن احمد
madhhab
Hanafism
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Encyclopedic overview

Abū Ibrāhīm Ismā'īl ibn-i Aḥmad-i Sāmāni (Persian: ابو ابراهیم اسماعیل بن احمد سامانی; May 849 – 24 November 907), better known simply as Amir 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. 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.

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