Nuh ibn Asad

Nuh ibn Asad (نوح بن اسد; d. 841/842) was a Samanid ruler of Samarkand (819-841/2). He was a son of Asad.

In 819, Nuh was granted authority over the city of Samarkand by Caliph Al-Ma'mun's governor of Khurasan, Ghassan ibn 'Abbad, as a reward for his support against the rebel Rafi' ibn Laith. In 839/840, Nuh captured Isfijab and constructed a wall around it to protect the city from the nomadic pagan Turks living near the borders of the Samanid state. Nuh continued to rule over the city until his death in 841 or 842. Abdallah, the governor of Khurasan, then appointed two of Nuh's brothers, Yahya and Ahmad, to jointly rule over Samarkand.

Sources

Frye, R.N. (1975). "The Sāmānids". In Frye, R.N. The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 136–161. ISBN 0-521-20093-8.

Preceded by:
None

Samanid Ruler (in Samarkand)
819–841/2

Followed by:
Yahya and Ahmad

Rulers of the Samanid Empire (819–1004)

Nuh ibn Asad (819–841) Yahya ibn Asad (819–855) Ahmad ibn Asad (819–864) Ilyas ibn Asad (819–856) Ibrahim ibn Ilyas (856-867) Nasr I (864–892) Isma'il ibn Ahmad (892–907) Ahmad Samani (907–914) Nasr II (914–943) Nuh I (943–954) Ibrahim ibn Ahmad (947)^[B] Abd al-Malik I (954–961) Mansur I (961–976) Nuh II (976–997) Abd al-Aziz ibn Nuh (992)^[B] Mansur II (997–999) Abd al-Malik II (999) Isma'il Muntasir (1000–1004)

^[B] indicates usurpers or rival claimants

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