Abd al-Malik II (Samanid emir)
Abd al -Malik II was the second to last emir of the Persian dynasty of the Samanids. He was the son of Nuh II ibn Mansur and reigned for only a little more than eight months of the year 999 in Khorasan and Transoxiana. The Prince Arslan Ilek Nasr from the Turkish dynasty of Qarakhanid conquered the Samanid capital, Bukhara, and led Abd al -Malik continued into captivity.
Life
The power of the Samanids was weakened at the end of the 10th century from the outside by attacking the Qarakhanid and inside by the rising power of the Turkish army leader. From Ghazni from the Ghaznavids ruled ruler Sebük Tigin and 997 since his son Mahmud fairly independent and recognized the Samanids only nominally as overlord. Abu'l- Mansur Haret, the elder brother of Abd al- Malik, was just two years to government on 1 February 999 overthrown and blinded by the commander Fa'iq spot and Bektuzun. Against payment of a large sum of money put the two subversives then Abd al -Malik to the throne.
The Ghaznawide Mahmud, who wanted to conquer the rest still under control samanidischer part of Khorasan, now played on an avenger of the dethroned Mansur. But he had against the power of Fa'iq, Bektuzun and Abd al -Malik as far as respect, that he concluded peace with them first. When the Samanide and his supporters but shortly afterwards attacked Mahmud's rearguard, led to renewed hostilities. On May 16, 999 Mahmud defeated his opponent in a battle near Merv and forced them to retreat to Bukhara. Fa'iq died soon after, and Abd al -Malik saw already in the autumn of the same year under threat of a new invasion of the Qarakhanid under their ruler Arslan Ilek Nasr. In vain called Abd al -Malik his subjects to fight against the advancing enemy and the commander of his Turkish bodyguard even changed quickly the pages. So Ilek Nasr Bukhara could occupy on October 23, 999 without striking a blow, and thus gained control of Transoxiana, Khorasan during Mahmud retained. Abd al -Malik and his family had to follow Uzkent the victorious Qarakhanid rulers as prisoners. Thus ended the rule of the Samanids, though still Isma'il al - Muntasir, a brother Abd al- Malik, to 1005 fought unsuccessfully for the restoration of the power of his dynasty.