Ruler · 849 – 907

Ismail Samani

Lived 849 – 907; military leader. Amir of the Samanids of Samanid Empire, 892 – 907. The atlas files them under Abbasid Caliphate.

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Lived: 849 – 907; 58 years
In office: 15 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Samanid Empire
Left it: ending not on record; nothing on record

Amir of the Samanids

Samanid Empire · the 3rd of 9 dated reigns · 819 – 1004

Ahmad ibn Asad819 – 865

Nasr I864 – 892

Ismail Samani892 – 907

Ahmad Samani907 – 914

Abd al-Malik I954 – 961

Mansur I961 – 976

3 after

ending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 892 – 907 · 15 years

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: ending not on recordnothing on record: no death date to read the end against

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