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Samanid dynasty
The Samani dynasty, also known as the Samanid Empire, or simply Samanids (819–999), is a Sunni Muslim Persian Empire in Central Asia, named after its founder Saman Khuda, who converts to Islam despite being from Zoroastrian theocratic nobility.
It is the first native Persian dynasty in Greater Iran and Central Asia after the collapse of the Sassanid Persian empire caused by the Arab conquest.
Member Cities
- Bukhara Bukhara Uzbekistan Capital
- Ahvaz Khuzestan Iran Location
- Aleppo > Halab Halab Syria Location
- Amida > Diyarbakir Diyarbakir Turkey Location
- Amol Mazandaran Iran Location
- An-Najaf An-Najaf Iraq Location
- Antioch > Antakya Hatay Turkey Location
- Ardabil Ardabil Iran Location
- Baghdad Baghdad Iraq Location
- Balkh Balkh Afghanistan Location
- Basra > Al-Basrah Al-Basrah Iraq Location
- Chalus Mazandaran Iran Location
- Damascus > Dimashq Dimashq Syria Location
- Ferghana > Fergana Ferghana Uzbekistan Location
- Ghazni Ghazni Afghanistan Location
- Gorgan Golestan Iran Location
- Gurganj > Kunya Urgench Dashhowuz Turkmenistan Location
- Hamadan > Ecbatana Hamadan Iran Location
- Homs > Hims Hims Syria Location
- Isfahan > Esfahan Esfahan Iran Location
- Kahramanmaras > Germanicia Caesarea Kahramanmaras Turkey Location
- Kashan Esfahan Iran Location
- Kazalinsk Qyzylorda Kazakhstan Location
- Kerman Kerman Iran Location
- Merv > Mary Mary Turkmenistan Location
- Neyshabur > Nichapur > Nishapur Khorasan Iran Location
- Qazvin Qazvin Iran Location
- Rayy > Ray Tehran Iran Location
- Rey Tehran Iran Location
- Sajram (Sayram) > Isfijab Ongtustik Qazaqstan Kazakhstan Location
- Samarkand Samarkand Uzbekistan Location
- Samarra' Salah ad Din Iraq Location
- Semnan Semnan Iran Location
- Shiraz Fars Iran Location
- Tashkent Tashkent Uzbekistan Location
- Theodosiopolis > Erzurum Erzurum Turkey Location
- Wasit Wasit Iraq Location
- Zanjan Zanjan Iran Location
- Zaranj Nimruz Afghanistan Location