# Talk:Abd al-Malik I (Samanid emir)

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Reviewer: Gog the Mild (talk · contribs) 21:51, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

I have done some copy editing. As usual, please flag up anything you don't like.

I think that ghulam should point to ghilman.
A non-GAN point: foreign words should use lang templates, not just italics.
Introduce Fa'iq in both the lead and the article.
"After the reign of Nuh I". Do you mean since the start of his reign? Or during it?
Oops, I meant since. Fixed it. --HistoryofIran (talk) 19:06, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
Could we be told who the Samanid were, where they were situated, and how long they had been an independent state?
A little more on, well anything on, the ghulam/ghilman would be helpful.
"who were their suzerain" Any chance of an in line explanation or different phrasing, so that readers other than thee or me will know what is meant without having to read another article?
A brief summary of what a Qarmatian is?
"His palace in Khurasan was soon afterwards raided by the ghulams, who threw the administration into a state of chaos." Should "who" be 'which'?
"Who" is correct. --HistoryofIran (talk) 22:45, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
"File:Abdal-MalikSamanidCoinHistoryofIran.jpg" needs a PD tag for the original coin.
Gog the Mild (talk) 16:58, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
@HistoryofIran - nudge! Gog the Mild (talk) 18:51, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Ah yes soz, I do plan to fix these issues at least by the end of next weekend. --HistoryofIran (talk) 22:45, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
Oh boi, I completely forgot this article existed. --HistoryofIran (talk) 20:50, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
I think that's about it, thoughts? --HistoryofIran (talk) 16:48, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
HistoryofIran, looks good to me - promoting. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:47, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

What does the coin say, and what language is that, Persian or Arabic? Would it be possible to add an explanation? GPinkerton (talk) 11:46, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

If I'm not mistaken the coinage of the Samanids only display their titulature, which is often the Arabic title of Amir, and in some rares cases the Persian title Shahanshah. Though that's just in general, unfortunately I don't possess sources that go into the depth of Samanid coinage more than that. --HistoryofIran (talk) 14:52, 18 November 2020 (UTC)