Ilyas ibn Asad (died 856) was a Samanid ruler of

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(819–856). He was one of the four sons of Asad. In 819 Ilyas was granted authority over the city of Herat by Caliph Al-Ma'mun's governor of Khorasan, Ghassan ibn 'Abbad, as a reward for his support against the rebel

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. Unlike his other three brothers, Ilyas was not given a city in

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. When he died in 856, control of Herat was given to his son

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* 856 deaths Samanids Year of birth unknown 9th-century Iranian people {{CAsia-hist-stub