Mansur ibn Nuh

منصور بن نوح

976 CE · 365 AH

Mansur b. Nuh (d. 365) — Samanid amir to whom al-Razi dedicated his medical compendium al-Mansuri; the alchemy-book story with al-Razi; the Samanid house ruled 136 years 1.

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Roles
sultan
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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Life in time

8759009259509751000102510501075 c.
Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Ghani ibn Sa'id al-Azdi · Abd al-Jabbar al-Hamadhani · Abd al-Mun'im ibn Ghulbun · Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi · Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Baghdadi

Summary

Abu Salih Mansur ibn Nuh ibn Nasr ibn Isma'il ibn Ahmad ibn Asad ibn Saman, one of the Samanid kings; Abu Bakr al-Razi composed for him in his youth the book of medicine known as al-Mansuri for him to work at; Ibn Juljul relates that al-Razi wrote him a book proving the art of alchemy — he was given a thousand dinars for it, then was unable to bring what he promised into being; he died in Shawwal 365. 1

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Ruler of
Samanid dynasty
Ruled over
Transoxiana

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Sources

  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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