Ismāʿīl II References Ismāʿīl II Sāmānid ruler Ask Anything Homework Help Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: Samanid dynasty…999, and the last Samanid, Ismāʿīl II, after a five-year struggle against the Ghaznavid Maḥmūd and the Qarakhanids, was assassinated in 1005. Read More…999, and the last Samanid, Ismāʿīl II, after a five-year struggle against the Ghaznavid Maḥmūd and the Qarakhanids, was assassinated in 1005. Read More