Saman Khuda

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Saman Khuda was an 8th-century Persian nobleman and landowner whose descendants founded the Samanid dynasty, a major Iranian empire in Central Asia.

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Saman Khuda canonical 2
سامان خدا 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Persian nobleman
founder of a dynasty
landowner
associatedWith Balkh region NERFINISHED
Khurasan
linked to: Khorasan
centuryActive 8th century
children Ahmad ibn Asad (grandson, through Asad)
Asad ibn Saman
Ilyas ibn Asad (grandson, through Asad)
Nuh ibn Asad (grandson, through Asad)
Yahya ibn Asad (grandson, through Asad)
convertedUnder rule of the Umayyad governor of Khurasan
culture Iranian
descendantOf Bahram Chobin (traditional claim)
dynasticHouse House of Saman
dynastyFoundedByDescendants Samanid dynasty
linked to: Samanid Empire
ethnicity Persian
historicalImportance ancestor of one of the first major Persian Muslim dynasties after the Arab conquest
historicalRole early Iranian Muslim notable in Transoxiana
knownFrom medieval Islamic historical sources
language Persian
linked to: Persian language
laterReligion Islam
legacy his descendants ruled Transoxiana and Khurasan
nameInPersian سامان خدا
linked to: Saman Khuda
notableDescendant Ismail Samani
Nasr I
notableFor being progenitor of the Samanid dynasty
occupation landowner
local magnate
politicalContext rise of Iranian local dynasties under Abbasids
region Central Asia
Transoxiana
religionAtBirth Zoroastrianism
religiousSignificance example of Zoroastrian Iranian nobility converting to Islam
socialStatus dehqān
successorDynasty Samanid Empire
timePeriod early Abbasid era
typeOfNobility Iranian landed aristocracy

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Samanid Empire namedAfter Saman Khuda
Samanid Empire foundedBy Saman Khuda
Saman Khuda nameInPersian سامان خدا
linked to: Saman Khuda