Mansur I
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Abu Salih Mansur, better known as Mansur I was amir of the Samanids from 961 to 976. The son of Nuh I, his reign was characterized by weak rule and perpetual financial troubles. Mansur was notably the
14th-century illustration of the coronation of Mansur I
Silver medallion of Mansur I with bilingual Middle Persian and Arabic minted in Bukhara. Obverse in Middle Persian: khvarrah apzut shahanshah "the King of Kings has increased the royal splendor" Reverse in Arabic: la ilaha illa Allah wahdahu la sharik lahu Muhammad rasul Allah al-muti' lillah al-malik al-muzaffar mansur bin nuh "There is no god but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him, Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, al-Muti' lillah, the victorious king, Mansur son of
Coinage of Ahmad bin Mansur, as governor in Ferghana. Dated AH 359 (AD 969-70), reign of Mansur I ibn Nuh
Samanid Empire
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The Samanid Empire was a Persianate Sunni Muslim empire, ruled by a dynasty of Iranian dehqan origin, from 819 to 999. The empire was centred in Khorasan and Transoxiana, and at its greatest extent in
Mansur I
…Abu Salih Mansur (Persian: ابو صالح منصور, romanized: Abu Ṣāliḥ Manṣur; died 13 June 976), better known as Mansur I (منصور) was amir of the Samanids from 961 to 976. The son of Nuh I (r. 943–954), his reign was characterized by weak rule and perpetual financial troubles. Mansur was notably the first…
Picture of the Samanid Mausoleum, the burial site of Ismail Samani.
Wall painting of a mounted falconer in decorated caftan from Nīshāpūr area, Sāmānid, 10th century (Museum of Islamic Archaeology, Tehran, Iran).
Nuh II suppressing a rebel. Majma' al-tawarikh, dated c. 1425.