[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Delhi Sultanate (1206–1526)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate) › [Ṭabaqāt-i Nāṣirī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri) › [Tabakat-i-Nasiri](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty) › 19 # The Nāṣirī Generations 19: SECTION IX. · THE DYNASTY OF THE SAMANIS. Tabakat-i-Nasiri 19 - **Language:** English ### [19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.19) The humblest of the servants of the Almighty, Minhaj-i-Saraj, Jurjani, states that, after the mention of the Maliks of Yaman, and the Saffariun Amirs, he has considered it preferable to insert here the section in which it is proposed to give an account of the race of Saman, and the Maliks of that dynasty, and therefore this portion of the work was made, in its arrangements, antecedent to that treating of the genealogy of the Mahmudi, and Nasiri Maliks. Although the history of the Maliks of Yaman ought, properly, to have been first in the arrangement of the book, still, as they were not among the number of Maliks of Islam, he did not consider it right to place them before the Khalifahs, and therefore they have received this much precedence. This section has been taken from the Tarikh or Chronicle of Ibn Haisam, in order that those under whose inspection it falls may place perfect confidence in its correctness. The chronicler relates that the ancestor of the Samanis was named Saman; but, according to some others, his name was different from this; and, moreover, that Saman is the name of one of the districts of the Sughd of Samrkand, and that the ancestor of the Samanis was the Ra’is \[chief\] of that place, and that he used to be styled Saman-i-Khaddat; but, for sake of brevity, the name of Saman was adopted, and it became the name by which he was generally known. He was of the posterity of Bahram Shubin. This Saman-i-Khaddat had a son who was named Asad, who had four sons—named, respectively, Nuh, Yahya, Ilyas, and Ahmad. They became Princes and Lords of great dignity and power, able, and experienced, and endowed with considerable promptness and vigour. At length, when their family had attained the pinnacle of greatness and power, Alb-Tigin, the Amir of Ghaznin, and Sabuk-Tigin, were among the slaves and servants of their descendants. All the Samanis left numerous proofs of their goodness in Khurasan and Mawar-un-Nahr; and may the Almighty reward them by bestowing upon them exalted stations in the courts of Paradise. - [Previous: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.18) - [Next: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tabaqat-i-nasiri~en-raverty.19) · Pramāṇa