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Samanid Mausoleum

الضريح الساماني

Site in Uzbekistan.

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Persia & Central Asia
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Ismail Samani In 280 news came of his raid into the Turk lands — killing many, taking their king's city and some ten thousand captives, a thousand dirhams falling to each Muslim horseman; in 285 al-Mu'tadid's patent to Amr ibn al-Layth named his son Ahmad deposed {cite:muntazam-ibn-al-jawzi p. 142-143, 294}.

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The appointment of Amr ibn al-Layth over the lands beyond the Balkh river· Balkh· Bukhara· Farghana· Ferghana Valley· Ismail Samani In 280 news came of his raid into the Turk lands — killing many, taking their king's city and some ten thousand captives, a thousand dirhams falling to each Muslim horseman; in 285 al-Mu'tadid's patent to Amr ibn al-Layth named his son Ahmad deposed {cite:muntazam-ibn-al-jawzi p. 142-143, 294}.

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The appointment of Amr ibn al-Layth over the lands beyond the Balkh river

On 23 Muharram 285 a patent was read before Khurasani pilgrims in al-Mu'tadid's palace appointing the Saffarid Amr ibn al-Layth over Transoxiana beyond the Balkh river, deposing Ahmad ibn Isma'il the Samanid.