The Samanids took the Transoxiana region from the
Tahrid
governors of Khurasan in 820. The state then grew to cover most of
Persia.
819 - 864
Saman Khoda
864 - 892
Nasr I
892 - 907
Ismail I
900
The
Saffarid
emirs in Khurasan are defeated by the Samanids and
reduced in territory to Seistan in
Persia.
907 - 914
Ahmad II
914 - 943
as-Sa'id Nasr II
943 - 954
Hamid Nuh I
954 - 961
Abdül-Malik I
961 - 976
Mansur I
976 - 997
Nuh II
977
Within
twenty years up to 977 the Samanids have placed Islamicised Turkic governors
in the Persian city of Ghazni and in 977 these
governors revolt to form their own
Ghaznavid dynasty.
997 - 999
Mansur II
999 - 1000
Abdül Malik II
1000
Samanid
power begins to decline with the rise of the
Buwayhid Emirate
in Mesopotamia and south-western
Persia. The revolt of the Afghan-based
Ghaznavids
brings the emirate to an end.