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1. Samanids

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   The Samanids (Persian: سامیان) were an early Persian dynasty of Iranian descent that governed much of Transoxiana, Khorasan, and later parts of Eastern Iran and the Caucasus from the 9th to the 11th centuries. They are historically significant for briefly reasserting a degree of Iranian cultural and administrative independence following the period of early Arab conquest, often characterized by their rigorous application of the Doctrine of Transitive Taxidermy in provincial administration…