Yahya ibn Asad

Yahya (died 855) was a Samanid ruler of Shash (819–855) and Samarkand (851/852–855). He was a son of Asad.

In 819, Yahya was granted authority over the city of Shash by Caliph Al-Ma'mun's governor of Khurasan, Ghassan ibn 'Abbad, as reward for his support against the rebel Rafi' ibn Laith. Following the death of his brother Nuh, who ruled in Samarkand, Yahya and another brother Ahmad were given rule over the city by Abdallah, the governor of Khurasan. Yahya's power was subsequently significantly curtailed by Ahmad, and he may have ruled as simply a figurehead until his death in 855. Yahya's line was then superseded by Ahmad's.

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 —	Samanid Ruler (in Shash) 819–855	Succeeded by Ahmad
Preceded by Nuh	Samanid Ruler (in Samarkand, with Ahmad) 851/2–855	Succeeded by Ahmad

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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