Isma'il Muntasir

Isma'il Muntasir
Samanid king Al-Muntasir (detail) crossing the frozen river Jayhun (Syr Darya) in central Asia. Jami al-Tawarikh, 1314-15.
Emir of the Samanids
Reign1000 – 1004
Predecessor
SuccessorNone (Karakhanids conquest of Transoxiana)
DiedJanuary 1005 (1005-02)
Merv
HouseSamanid
FatherNuh II
ReligionSunni Islam

Isma'il (surnamed Muntasir, "Victorious") (died January 1005) was a Samanid prince who attempted to resurrect the Samanid state in Transoxiana and eastern Iran (1000–1005). He was the son of Nuh II.

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