Abd al-Malik II

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Abd al-Malik II (in full: Abu l-Fawaris Abd al-Malik (II) b. Nuh ) or ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Nūḥ II (ruled 999–1000) was the penultimate emir of the Persian dynasty of the Samanids . He was the son of Nuh II ibn Mansur and ruled Khorasan and Transoxania for only a little over eight months in 999 . The prince Arslan Ilek Nasr from the Turkish dynasty of the Karakhanids conquered the Samanid capital Bukhara and led Abd al-Malik into captivity.

Life

The power of the Samanids was weakened at the end of the 10th century externally by attacks by the Qarakhanids and internally by the increasing power of Turkish military leaders. Of Ghazni from the ruled Ghaznavids Rulers Sabuktigin and since 997 his son Mahmud fairly independent and recognized the Samaniden only nominally sovereign of. Abu'l-Haret Mansur, Abd al-Malik's older brother, was overthrown and blinded by the general Fa'iq Kassa and Bektuzun on February 1, 999 after only two years of government. In return for a large sum of money, the two subversives put Abd al-Malik on the throne.

The Ghaznawide Mahmud, who wanted to conquer the remaining part of Khorasan, which was still under Samanid control, now played himself to the avenger of the dethroned Mansur. But he had such respect for the power of Fa'iq, Bektuzun and Abd al-Malik that he initially made peace with them. When the Samanid and his supporters attacked Mahmud's rearguard shortly afterwards, there was renewed hostility. On May 16, 999, Mahmud defeated his opponents in a battle near Merw and forced them to retreat to Bukhara. Fa'iq died soon afterwards and Abd al-Malik saw himself threatened by a new invasion of the Qarakhanids under their ruler Arslan Ilek Nasr in the autumn of the same year. In vain, Abd al-Malik called on his subjects to fight the advancing enemy and the commanders of his Turkish bodyguard even quickly switched sides. So Ilek Nasr was able to occupy Bukhara on October 23, 999 without a sword blow and thus gained control of Transoxania, while Mahmud kept Khorasan. Abd al-Malik and his family had to follow the victorious Qarakhanid ruler as prisoners to Uzkent. So the rule of the Samanids ended, even if Isma'il al-Muntasir, a brother of Abd al-Malik, fought unsuccessfully to restore the power of his dynasty until 1005.

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SURNAME Abd al-Malik II
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ruler from the Samanid dynasty, ruled in 999 AD.
DATE OF BIRTH 10th century
DATE OF DEATH 11th century