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Nasr II

Type Figure Region Central Asia Time c. 900–943 Also known as Nasr II、Nasr ibn Ahmad、纳斯尔·本·艾哈迈德

Nasr II (r. 914–943) was a Samanid emir ruling Transoxiana centered on Bukhara;…

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  1. 914–930Bukhara · TransoxianaIn 914 he became emir after his father Ahmad ibn Asad, establishing the capital at Bukhara, beginning to reform administration and finances, and continuing the tradition of using Persian as the court language.
  2. 930–943Bukhara · TransoxianaIn the later part of his reign he greatly patronized scholars and poets, promoting Islamic scholarship and Persian literature; he also maintained trade routes and agricultural irrigation, keeping the Samanid dynasty an important political and cultural center of Central Asia, and died in 943.

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