Ilyas ibn Asad

Ilyas ibn Asad
Amir of the Samanids
Reign	Samanid (in Herat): 819–856
Predecessor	None
Successor	Ibrahim
Died	856
Father	Asad

Ilyas ibn Asad (died 856) was a Samanid ruler of Herat (819–856). He was one of the four sons of Asad.

In 819 Ilyas was granted authority over the city of Herat by Caliph Al-Ma'mun's governor of Khorasan, Ghassan ibn 'Abbad, as a reward for his support against the rebel Rafi' ibn Laith. Unlike his other three brothers, Ilyas was not given a city in Transoxiana. When he died in 856, control of Herat was given to his son Ibrahim.

Sources

Frye, R.N. (1975). "The Sāmānids". In Frye, R.N. The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 136–161. ISBN 0-521-20093-8.

Preceded by:
None

Samanid Ruler (in Herat)
819–856

Followed by:
Ibrahim

Rulers of the Samanid Empire (819–1004)

Nuh ibn Asad (819–841) Yahya ibn Asad (819–855) Ahmad ibn Asad (819–864) Ilyas ibn Asad (819–856) Ibrahim ibn Ilyas (856-867) Nasr I (864–892) Isma'il ibn Ahmad (892–907) Ahmad Samani (907–914) Nasr II (914–943) Nuh I (943–954) Ibrahim ibn Ahmad (947)^[B] Abd al-Malik I (954–961) Mansur I (961–976) Nuh II (976–997) Abd al-Aziz ibn Nuh (992)^[B] Mansur II (997–999) Abd al-Malik II (999) Isma'il Muntasir (1000–1004)

^[B] indicates usurpers or rival claimants

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