    the samanid dynasty (, sÄmÄniyÄn), also known as the samanid empire, or simply samanids (819â999),encyclopÃ¦dia britannica, online edition, 2007, samani dynasty, link was a sunnirene grousset, the empire of the steppes:a history of central asia, transl. naomi walford, (rutgers university press, 2002), 143.
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