{"slug": "samanid-empire", "label": "Samanid Empire", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samanid_Empire", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12150341", "qid": "Q12150341", "description": "former state in Central Asia", "entries": 14, "years": 12, "span": [875, 1005], "span_label": ["875 CE", "1005 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 6}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "iran", "label": "Iran", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "uzbekistan", "label": "Uzbekistan", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "bukhara", "label": "Bukhara", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "tabaristan", "label": "Tabaristan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ghaznavids", "label": "Ghaznavids", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "abbasid-caliphate", "label": "Abbasid Caliphate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "buyid-dynasty", "label": "Buyid dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "fars-province", "label": "Fars province", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "central-asia", "label": "Central Asia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "baghdad", "label": "Baghdad", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "silk-road", "label": "Silk Road", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "afghanistan", "label": "Afghanistan", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 875, "year_label": "875 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Samanid Dynasty establishes a court at Bukhara (modern Uzbekistan), which becomes a rival city to Baghdad on the strategic Silk Road.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352180718#Arabian_Empire", "title": "875", "revid": 1352180718, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 892, "year_label": "892 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Nasr I, Muslim emir of the Samanid Empire", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346093317#Deaths", "title": "892", "revid": 1346093317, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 892, "year_label": "892 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Summer – The Persian nobility installs Isma'il ibn Ahmad, the former governor of Transoxiana, as ruler (emir) of the Samanid Empire, after the death of his brother Nasr I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346093317#Arabian_Empire", "title": "892", "revid": 1346093317, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 907, "year_label": "907 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Isma'il ibn Ahmad, emir of the Samanid Empire", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130849#Deaths", "title": "907", "revid": 1341130849, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 907, "year_label": "907 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Emir Isma'il ibn Ahmad dies after a 15-year reign in which he has extended his borders to Tabaristan and Khorasan. He establishes independence throughout the eastern part of his empire from his capital at Bukhara. Isma'il is succeeded by his son Ahmad Samani as ruler of the Samanid Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130849#Arabian_Empire", "title": "907", "revid": 1341130849, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 914, "year_label": "914 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "January 12", "text": "January 12 – Ahmad Samani, emir of the Samanid Empire, is murdered (decapitation) while sleeping in his tent at Bukhara (modern Uzbekistan) by some of his slaves. He is succeeded by his 8-year-old son, Nasr II, under the regency of Vizier Abu Abdallah al-Jayhani. The Abbasids try, in vain, to benefit from the turmoil to reconquer Sistan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355643516#Arabian_Empire", "title": "914", "revid": 1355643516, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 932, "year_label": "932 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emir Mardavij ibn Ziyar invades Tabaristan and captures the city of Gorgan. The Daylamite military leader Makan ibn Kaki tries to reclaim his territories, but fails. He seeks refuge among the Samanids and enters the service of their ruler Nasr II. He appoints him as governor of Kirman (modern Iran).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512125#Asia", "title": "932", "revid": 1341512125, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 934, "year_label": "934 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Ali ibn Buya, a Samanid governor, takes advantage of the anarchy in Persia and conquers Fars (modern Iran). He founds the Buyid Dynasty, and makes Shiraz his capital. Ali seeks the recognition of the Abbasid caliph Ar-Radi, who confirms him later as his viceroy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512094#Abbasid_Caliphate", "title": "934", "revid": 1341512094, "section": "Events › By place › Abbasid Caliphate"}}, {"year": 963, "year_label": "963 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Nuh II, emir of the Samanid Dynasty (Iran) (d. 997)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365272224#Births", "title": "963", "revid": 1365272224, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 976, "year_label": "976 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 13", "text": "June 13 – Mansur I, emir of the Samanid Empire", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468275#Deaths", "title": "976", "revid": 1364468275, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 977, "year_label": "977 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Sabuktigin, a Samanid general, succeeds his father-in-law Alp-Tegin as governor of Ghazna (modern Afghanistan). He enlarges his dominions and founds the Ghaznavid Dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341908323#Arabian_Empire", "title": "977", "revid": 1341908323, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 980, "year_label": "980 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Dari dialect (which will become the major language of Persia) is developed in the royal courts of the Samanid Empire in Central Asia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364109392#Arabian_Empire", "title": "980", "revid": 1364109392, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 999, "year_label": "999 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Karakhanids invade from north of the Syr Darya river, ending the Samanid Empire (modern Uzbekistan). The Samanid domains are split between the Ghaznavid Dynasty and the Karakhanids.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468443#Asia", "title": "AD 999", "revid": 1364468443, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1005, "year_label": "1005 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Isma'il Muntasir (\"Victorious\"), ruler of the Samanids", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341910116#Deaths", "title": "1005", "revid": 1341910116, "section": "Deaths"}}]}