Saman Khuda (Saman Khoda,Saman-khudat;Persian:سامان‌خدا، سامان‌خدات) was an 8th-centuryIranian noble whose descendants (the House of Saman) later became rulers ofKhurasan (theSamanid Empire). He was aDehqan from the village of Saman inBalkh province in present-day northernAfghanistan.^[1] In the early 8th century, he came toMerv, seat of theCaliphal governor ofKhorasan,Asad ibn 'Abd Allah al-Qasri (ruled 723-727). Saman was originally aZoroastrian.^[2] However, he was so impressed with the piety of Asad ibn 'Abd-Allah al-Qasri, that he converted toIslam.^[3] He named his sonAsad, allegedly in the governor's honor.

Caliphal-Mamun (786-833) subsequently appointed Asad's four sons – Saman Khuda's grandsons – as governors ofSamarkand,Ferghana,Shash andUstrushana, andHerat in recognition of their role in the suppression of a revolt.^[4] This began the House of Saman; Saman Khuda's great-grandsonIsma'il ibn Ahmad (849-907) became Amir ofTransoxiana andKhorasan.

Saman was a 4th or 5th generation descendant ofBahram Chobin,^[4][5] a noble of the ancientHouse of Mihran, who played an important role in the history of the laterSassanian Empire.^[6]

• Frye, R.N. (1975)."The Sāmānids". In Frye, R.N. (ed.).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.

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