Asad ibn Saman (Persian: اسد بن سامان) was an early Samanid.
He was the son of Saman Khuda, the founder of the Samanid dynasty of Persia.
According to tradition, Asad was named by his father in honor of the Caliphal governor of Khurasan Asad ibn 'Abd Allah al-Qasri (723-727), who had converted Saman to Islam.
Asad had four sons: Nuh, Ahmad, Yahya, and Ilyas.
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