Nasr ibn Ahmad
نصر بن أحمد الساماني
The Samanid amir of Transoxiana, succeeded at his death in 289 by his brother Isma'il 1.
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Nasr ibn Ahmad al-Samani, ruler of Transoxiana, died in 289 AH in the days of al-Mu'tadid, and the rule passed to his brother Isma'il ibn Ahmad 2.
Ibn al-Nadim's account
Ibn al-Nadim reports that he imprisoned al-Husayn ibn Ali (may God be pleased with him) al-Marwazi, the Isma'ili missionary, and that he died in prison. Then al-Nasafi won him over and brought him into the mission, and made him pay the blood-money for al-Marwazi: 119,000 dinars. Then he regretted it, showed his regret, and died 3.
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 631-632
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.631-632
- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim, p.266
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