يحيى بن أحمد بن إسماعيل الساماني
يحيى بن أحمد بن إسماعيل الساماني
Abu Zakariya, son of the Samanid amir Ahmad ibn Isma'il; his brother Nasr imprisoned him with his brothers Mansur and Ibrahim in Bukhara's citadel until the baker Abu Bakr freed them and they rose against al-Sa'id in 318 1.
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- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Ahmad ibn Isma'il al-Samani, son of the amir Ahmad ibn Isma'il. Ibn al-Athir reports that his brother Nasr ibn Ahmad imprisoned him in the citadel (al-Qahandiz) of Bukhara together with his two brothers, Abu Salih Mansur and Abu Ishaq Ibrahim. Abu Bakr al-Khabbaz al-Isfahani released them, and they rose against their brother in the year 318 AH 2.
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 155
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p.155
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