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Samanid Empire

Samanid Empire

819–999 Sunni Iranian empire in Central Asia

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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, at its greatest extent included northeastern Iran and Central Asia.

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