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The Samanids - http://www.artarena.force9.co.uk/samanid.htm
Bukhara and Samarkand in Transoxiana became famous Samanid cultural centres. An illustrated article. |
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Samanid Renaissance and Establishment of Tajik Identity - http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/bashiri/Samanid/Samanid.html
A paper by Iraj Bashiri describes the context in which the Samanid culture of Transoxiana and Khurasan flourished, after breaking away from the Abbasid Caliphate; also explains its downfall. |
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http://www.bartleby.com/65/sa/Samanid.html - http://www.bartleby.com/65/sa/Samanid.html
An overview of one of the first purely indigenous dynasties to rule in Persia following the Muslim Arab conquest. |