Abu Salih Mansur
Abu Salih Mansur (died 915) was a
Isma'il ibn Ahmad, his cousin Ahmad Samani, and Nasr II
.
Biography
Abu Salih governed several provinces during the reign of Isma'il ibn Ahmad and Ahmad Samani. The first time he is mentioned as a governor is in 902 when he was appointed as governor of
Saffarid Amr ibn Ya'qub. Abu Salih was then taken prisoner until the rebellion was crushed by a Samanid army under Husain ibn 'Ali Marvarrudhi in 913.[1] 'Amr was sent to Samarkand, while the other rebel leaders were killed. Simjur al-Dawati
then replaced Mansur as governor of Sistan.
In 914, Mansur was appointed governor of Khorasan, but anarchy unleashed by the death of Ahmad ibn Ismail and the ascent to the throne of the 8-year-old child Nasr II. Mansur's father, Ishaq ibn Ahmad, revolted at Samarkand, while Mansur proclaimed himself as Emir of Nishapur, and several other cities. He died a natural death in Nishapur probably in 915, before an army sent against him led by Hammuya ibn Ali reached the city.[2]
References
- ^ a b ABŪ ṢĀLEḤ MANṢŪR, C. E. Bosworth, Encyclopaedia Iranica
- ^ The Samanids, R.N. Frye, The Cambridge History of Iran, 141.
Sources
- Bosworth, C. E. "Abu Saleh Mansur." Encyclopedia Iranica. 30 December 2013. <http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/abu-saleh-mansur-b>
- Frye, R.N. (1975). "The Sāmānids". In Frye, R.N. (ed.). 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.