They were rewarded for supporting the Abbasids in Transoxania and Khorasan, and with their established capitals located in Bukhara, Balkh, Samarkand, and Herat, they carved their kingdom after defeating the Saffarids.
Samaniderne blev belønnet for at støtte abbasiderne i Transoxanien og Khorasan, og med deres veletablerede hovedbyer i Bukhara, Balkh, Samarkand og Herat, manifesterede de riget efter at have besejret saffariderne.