Ahmad ibn Sahl
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Ahmad ibn Sahl ibn Hashim was an Iranian aristocrat who served the Saffarids and later the Samanids. Kamgar or Kamkar were an Iranian family in the first centuries AH and one of the renowned aristocra
Dirham of Ahmad, minted in Andaraba between 915 and 920.
Nasr II
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Nasr ibn Ahmad or Nasr II, nicknamed "the Fortunate", was the ruler of Transoxiana and Khurasan as the head of the Samanid dynasty from 914 to 943. His reign marked the high point of the Samanid dynas
Ahmad ibn Sahl
…Samani (r. 907–914), Ahmad was sent in 910-11 along with other prominent Samanid officers to conquer Sistan. During the reign of Ahmad's successor, Nasr II (r. 914–943), Ahmad was sent in 919 to suppress the rebellion of the governor of Khurasan, Husayn ibn Ali Marvarrudhi, which he managed to accomplish…
Coin of Nasr II, minted in Nishapur, 933/4.