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Fall of the Samanid Dynasty

Type Event Region Central Asia Time 999–1005

Around 1005 the Samanids, Central Asia's last native Persian-Islamic polity, were extinguished after Bukhara fell to the Karakhanids in 999.

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  1. 999Bukhara · UzbekistanThe Karakhanid Yusuf Qadir Khan and Ali Tegin's allied forces entered Bukhara; the last Samanid emir Abdul-Malik II was captured, the Samanid capital fell, and the dynasty survived in name only.
  2. 1005Merv · TurkmenistanSamanid prince Ismail II's attempt to restore the dynasty in Khorasan failed, and he was executed by Ghaznavid Sultan Mahmud; the Samanid political entity completely perished, and its remaining territories were absorbed by Turkic polities.

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