Rise of the Samanid Empire

Period

AD 819

Region

Central Asia

Place

부하라

Category

Culture

The Samanid Empire was a Persianate Sunni Muslim empire, ruled by a dynasty of Iranian dehqan origin, from 819 to 999. The empire was centred in Khorasan and Transoxiana, and at its greatest extent included northeastern Iran and Central Asia.

Sources: Wikipedia — Samanid Empire · CC BY-SA 4.0

Earlier and later events nearby

1. c. AD 660Sogdian Afrasiab murals painted in Samarkand
2. AD 705–715Qutayba ibn Muslim conquers Transoxiana
3. AD 819Rise of the Samanid EmpireThis page
4. 1037Founding of the Seljuk Empire
5. 1219–1221Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire
6. 1370Founding of the Timurid Empire

Who ruled this land

States that held this place in the historical borders data (Cliopatria). Years are approximate, as fine as the data's snapshots (every few years to a century). Tap to open the map for that year.