Afghanistan is the origin of the Samanid Empire.
Afghanistan . The land also served as the source from which the Kushans , Hephthalites , Samanids , Saffarids , Ghaznavids , Ghorids , Khiljis , Mughals , Hotaks , Durranis , and others have risen to form major empires . The Samanid Empire ( سامانیان , Sāmāniyān ) , also known as the Samanid dynasty , Samanid Emirate , or simply Samanids , was a Sunni Iranian empire , ruling from 819 to 999 .