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
Coin of Nasr II, minted in Nishapur, 933/4.
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
Nasr II
…general Hamuya ibn Ali, while Abu Salih Mansur died in Nishapur. Mansur was succeeded by a rebellious general, Husayn ibn Ali al-Marwazi. The general Ahmad ibn Sahl was sent against al-Marwazi, and succeeded in capturing him in 918, only to rise in revolt himself. It was not until late 919 that Ibn Sahl too was…
Dirham of Ahmad, minted in Andaraba between 915 and 920.