At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
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In time
In space
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Connections
- Had participant
- al-Sam'ani
- Occurred at
- Merv
People and things also explored
Ibn 'Asakir's second great journey east, 529-533/1135-1139· Death of Abu Bakr al-Sam'ani; the boy 'Abd al-Karim is raised by his two learned uncles, 510/1116· Al-Sam'ani returns to Marw, marries, and his son 'Abd al-Rahim is born, 538/1143· Al-Sam'ani casts down the staff of travel at Marw: teaching at the Amidiyya and composing, c. 552/1157· al-Sam'ani· Merv· Abu Muslim Enters Marw and His Partisans Fall upon Mudar· Battle of Dandanqan (1040)
Sources
- Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , p. 123
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 8 p. 1024
- Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , p. 118
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Death of the hafiz al-Sam'ani at Marw, Monday 1 Rabi' I 562/26 December 1166”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/samani-death-562/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-02.