Ismail Samani
Isma'il ibn Ahmad (Persian: ابو ابراهیم اسماعیل بن احمد سامانی, Tajik: Абу Иброҳим Исмоил ибни Аҳмади Сомонӣ, Abu Ibrahim Ismail ibn Ahmad Samani, d. November 907) was the Tajik Samanid amir of Transoxiana (892-907) and Khorasan (900-907). His reign saw the emergence of the Samanids as a powerful force. He was the son of Ahmad ibn Asad and a descendant of Saman Khuda, the founder of the Samanid dynasty who renounced Zoroastrianism and embraced Islam. Ismail is considered the father of the Tajik nation.
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