Research Article

Samanids and Oghuz Turks

Number: 24 December 31, 2025
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Samanids and Oghuz Turks

Abstract

This paper discusses Oghuz origin of the Samanids dynasty. The ancestor of the Samanids was originated from the Oghuz tribes of Khurasan, which were in military service of the Sasanids. Another ancestor of the Samanids Saman Khudat is mentioned in “Oghuz-Nama” as Saman Yabghu among ancestors of the Oghuz tribes. The Samanids dynasty relied on the military power of the Oghuz tribes throughout their rule. The Oghuz Turks were the closest, most trusted, and most loyal people of the Samanids dynasty. The Samanid Amir Mansur ibn Nuh was married a daughter of “malik al-Sin” the king of the Qarakhanids Khanate in the East Turkistan, who was originated from the Toquz-Oghuz Turks. The last Samanid Amir Abu Ibrahim Isma‘il ibn Nuh, known as al-Amir al-Muntasir (died in 395/1004-05) married a daughter of Yabghu, the leader of the Ghuzz Turks, and became related to him. In the sources of the sixteenth-seventeenth centuries, a certain Jandi Bek is mentioned as “a descendant of Isma‘il al-Samani”, who became related to the Juchids, marrying his daughter to Ming Timur Khan, who was the grandson of Juchi Buka and a descendant of Shaiban Khan in the fourth generation. Believes that this Jandi Bek, who lived in the fourteenth century, was a descendant of the last Samanid Amir al-Muntasir from his marriage with the daughter of Yabghu, the leader of the Ghuzz Turks. A descendant of Ming Timur Khan from the daughter of Jandi Bek in the fourth generation, Abu-l-Khair Khan (1412 – 1468), was the founder of the state of nomadic Uzbeks in Dasht-i Qipchaq. His grandson Muhammad Shaibani Khan (1451 – 1510) was the founder of the Uzbek dynasty of Shaibanids, who ruled in Central Asia in 1501 – 1601.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Political and Civilization History of Islam, Medieval Asian History, History of Seljuk, History of Muslim Turkish Countries and Societies

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 31, 2025

Submission Date

August 26, 2025

Acceptance Date

December 29, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Number: 24

APA
Kamoliddin, S. (2025). Samanids and Oghuz Turks. Selçuk Üniversitesi Selçuklu Araştırmaları Dergisi, 24, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.23897/usad.1772837
AMA
1.Kamoliddin S. Samanids and Oghuz Turks. Selçuk Üniversitesi Selçuklu Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2025;(24):1-20. doi:10.23897/usad.1772837
Chicago
Kamoliddin, Shamsiddin. 2025. “Samanids and Oghuz Turks”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Selçuklu Araştırmaları Dergisi, nos. 24: 1-20. https://doi.org/10.23897/usad.1772837.
EndNote
Kamoliddin S (December 1, 2025) Samanids and Oghuz Turks. Selçuk Üniversitesi Selçuklu Araştırmaları Dergisi 24 1–20.
IEEE
[1]S. Kamoliddin, “Samanids and Oghuz Turks”, Selçuk Üniversitesi Selçuklu Araştırmaları Dergisi, no. 24, pp. 1–20, Dec. 2025, doi: 10.23897/usad.1772837.
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Kamoliddin, Shamsiddin. “Samanids and Oghuz Turks”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Selçuklu Araştırmaları Dergisi. 24 (December 1, 2025): 1-20. https://doi.org/10.23897/usad.1772837.
JAMA
1.Kamoliddin S. Samanids and Oghuz Turks. Selçuk Üniversitesi Selçuklu Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2025;:1–20.
MLA
Kamoliddin, Shamsiddin. “Samanids and Oghuz Turks”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Selçuklu Araştırmaları Dergisi, no. 24, Dec. 2025, pp. 1-20, doi:10.23897/usad.1772837.
Vancouver
1.Shamsiddin Kamoliddin. Samanids and Oghuz Turks. Selçuk Üniversitesi Selçuklu Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2025 Dec. 1;(24):1-20. doi:10.23897/usad.1772837

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