Polity · 886 CE – 999 CE
Samanid Empire
الدولة السامانية · سامانیان
- Peak recorded area
- 3,099,560 km²
- 911 CE
- Data series
- 18
- 900 CE–930 CE
Overview
The Samanid Empire was a Persianate Sunni Muslim empire, ruled by a dynasty of Iranian dehqan origin, from 819 to 999. The empire was centred in Khorasan and Transoxiana, at its greatest extent included northeastern Iran and Central Asia.
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Territory
12 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 999 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Largest Settlement Pop | 130Kpersons900 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Polity Population | 6.78score900 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Population | 6Mpersons900 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Economy
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Agricultural Sophistication | 1.49score900 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Monetary Complexity | 0.8333score900 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Military
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Military Levels | 6levels876 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Military Sophistication | 1score900 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Territory & resources
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Territory km²2 obs · 900 CE–930 CE | 2.5Msq km930 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Polity Territory | 5.78score900 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Governance
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Admin Levels | 6.5levels876 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Religious Hierarchy | 3levels876 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Development
6 of 7 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Government Complexity | 0.9score900 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Hierarchy Levels | 5.67score900 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Information Complexity | 0.8462score900 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Infrastructure | 0.9167score900 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Largest Settlement Pop | 5.11score900 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Religious Levels | 3score900 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Arabic, Persian
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Seshat Equinox 2020Equinox 2020
Turchin, P. et al. Seshat Global History Databank, Equinox 2020 release.
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Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Samanid Empire is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.