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Samanid diwan system
The Samanid diwan system (دیوانهای سامانی) was the central administration of the Samanid state at Bukhara, headed by the vizier and staffed by the Jayhani, Bal'ami, and Utbi families.
Samanid dynasty
The Samanid dynasty (سامانیان) was an Iranian dynasty that ruled Transoxania and Khurasan from 819 to 999, with its capital at Bukhara, under nominal Abbasid allegiance.
Samanid Empire
Samanid Empire (Samanid dynasty), Iranian Sunni dynasty ca. 819–999/1005 ruling Transoxiana and Khorasan from Bukhara; founded by descendants of Saman Khuda, patrons of the New Persian revival of Rudaki and Ferdowsi, ended by Qarakhanids and Ghaznavids.
Samanid literature
Samanid literature is the New Persian poetry and prose, and associated Arabic scholarship, produced under the Samanid dynasty (819–999 CE), whose court at Bukhara revived Persian as a literary language.
Samanid military stipend system
The Samanid military stipend system (نظام مواجب سپاه سامانیان) paid Samanid troops cash stipends quarterly rather than land grants in the 9th and 10th centuries.
Samanid suppression of the Zaydi risings in Tabaristan
The Samanid suppression of the Zaydi risings in Tabaristan was a series of campaigns in which the Samanids repeatedly attacked the Zaydi 'Alid rulers of Tabaristan and Gurgan.
Sâmânîzâde Ömer Hulûsi Efendi
Sâmânîzâde Ömer Hulûsi Efendi (1728–1812) was an Ottoman religious scholar, born in Istanbul, who served three tenures as şeyhülislam and was known for refusing favoritism in appointments.
Samaññaphala Sutta
The Samaññaphala Sutta, "The Fruits of Recluseship," is the second discourse of the Dīgha Nikāya, in which King Ajātasattu asks the Buddha the visible fruits of the contemplative life.
Samanta Karavella
Samanta Karavella is an Albanian pop singer from Tirana, active since 2004, who won the Top Fest 10 grand prize in 2013 with Loti i fundit.
Samanta Schweblin
Samanta Schweblin (born 1978, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine writer of stories and novels blending realism and the uncanny, best known for Fever Dream and Seven Empty Houses.
Samanta system
The samanta system (सामंत) was the early medieval Indian order in which kings allowed conquered princes to keep their territories as vassals paying tribute and supplying troops.
Samantabhadra
Samantabhadra (समन्तभद्र) was a Digambara Jain acarya of southern India, remembered chiefly for the Apta-mimamsa, the Svayambhu-stotra, and the Ratnakarandaka-shravakacara; most scholars date him to the fifth or sixth century.
Samantha
Samantha, also spelled Samanta, is a feminine given name of uncertain etymology, likely Samuel plus the Greek suffix -antha (flower). Originating in 18th-century America, it peaked in 1990 with 25,926 US births and ranked #151 in 2025.
Samantha Armytage
Samantha Armytage (born 1977, Adaminaby NSW) is an Australian TV presenter, Sunrise co-host with David Koch 2013-2021, later host of Farmer Wants a Wife and The Golden Bachelor, and creator of the Act Two podcast.
Samantha Barks
Samantha Jane Barks (born 1990, Laxey, Isle of Man) is a British actress and singer, third-place finisher in BBC's I'd Do Anything, best known as Éponine in Les Misérables on stage, in the 25th anniversary concert, and the 2012 film, later Elsa in Frozen.
Samantha Beckinsale
Samantha (Samantha-Jane) Beckinsale, born 1966, is an English actress and writer, daughter of Richard Beckinsale and half-sister of Kate Beckinsale, best known as firefighter Kate Stevens in ITV's London's Burning (1990–1992) and for 1990s British sitcom roles.
Samantha Bee
Samantha Bee, born 1969 in Toronto, is a Canadian-American comedian and host, longest-serving Daily Show correspondent (2003–2015) and creator of Full Frontal, the first late-night political satire show hosted by a woman.
Samantha Bentley
Samantha Bentley (born 1987) is an English former pornographic actress and glamour model who appeared in Game of Thrones and won AVN Awards in 2013 and 2015.
Samantha Bond
Samantha Bond (born 1961, London) is an English actress who played Miss Moneypenny in the four Pierce Brosnan James Bond films (1995 to 2002), Lady Rosamund in Downton Abbey, and Judith Potts in The Marlow Murder Club.
Samantha Brown
Samantha Elizabeth Brown, born 1970 in Dallas, Texas, is an American television host who spent 15 years on Travel Channel and now hosts Places to Love on PBS.
Samantha Cameron
Samantha Cameron (born 1971) is a British fashion businesswoman, wife of former Prime Minister David Cameron, former Smythson creative director, and founder of the womenswear label Cefinn.
Samantha Carpenter
Samantha "Sam" Carpenter, played by Melissa Barrera, is the protagonist of Scream (2022) and Scream VI (2023), the fictional daughter of killer Billy Loomis, half-sister of Tara, and a Core Four survivor later written out of Scream 7.
Samantha Carter
Samantha Carter, also Sam Carter, is the fictional astrophysicist and US Air Force officer of Stargate SG-1, played by Amanda Tapping; SG-1's science lead, later Atlantis expedition leader, with 228 franchise appearances.
Samantha Cookes
Samantha Cookes, known in Ireland as Carrie Jade Williams, is a British serial fraudster jailed in March 2025 for falsely claiming Huntington's disease to take welfare payments.
Samantha D. Elliott
Samantha Dowd Elliott, born 1975, is an American jurist serving as a US district judge for the District of New Hampshire since 2021 and its chief judge since 2025.
Samantha Eggar
Samantha Eggar (1939-2025), British actor born in Hampstead, London; Oscar-nominated Best Actress for The Collector (1965), also Cannes and Golden Globe winner, star of The Brood, Doctor Dolittle, and Anna and the King.
Samantha Fish
Samantha Fish, born 1989 in Kansas City, Missouri, is an American blues singer-guitarist known for Live Bait (2009), Runaway (2011), Grammy-nominated Death Wish Blues (2023) with Jesse Dayton, and Paper Doll (2025).
Samantha Fox
Samantha Fox, born Samantha Karen Fox in 1966, is an English singer and former glamour model whose 1986 single "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" became an international hit.
Samantha Futerman
Samantha Futerman, born 1987 in Busan, South Korea, is a Korean American actress (Memoirs of a Geisha, 21 & Over) who discovered her identical twin Anaïs Bordier via Facebook in 2013 and co-directed the documentary Twinsters (2015).
Samantha Hoopes
Samantha Hoopes (born 1991, Doylestown, Pennsylvania) is an American model and actress, a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit rookie in 2014 who posed for the issue seven years through 2020, a Guess model, and a Carl's Jr. commercial star; not the Rho research scientist of the same name.