10th century in Iran

thumb|Plate with a hunting scene from the tale of Bahram V|Bahram Gur and Azadeh. The imagery on this plate represents the earliest known depiction of a well-known episode from the story of Bahram Gur, which seems to have been popular for centuries, but was only recorded in the Shahnameh, centuries after this plate was created. Iran, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]

former state in Central Asia

Iranian dynasty ruling North and Central Iran (655–1349)

Caspian Sea expeditions carried out by the Rus between the 9th and 11th centuries

period in history which saw the rise of various Iranian dynasties in the Iranian plateau

Occasional Kurdish ruler of Adharbayjan between 938–955

thumb|300px|Fight between Mahmud of Ghazni and [[Abu 'Ali Simjuri.]] The Simjurids were a Turkic family that served the Samanid emirs of Bukhara in the 10th century. They played an influential role in the history of eastern Iran and southern Afghanistan during that time, and by the second half of the 10th century they had built a semi-independent principality in Khurasan.

Iranian dynasty ruling the Kerman region (932–968)

mosque in Neyriz, Iranian national heritage site

Kitab al-Hawi or Al-Hawi or Kitāb al-Ḥāwī fī al-ṭibb translated as The Comprehensive Book on Medicine is an extensive medical encyclopedia authored by the Persian polymath Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865–925), commonly known in the West as Rhazes in the 10th century. This monumental work is a compendium of Greek, Syrian, and early Arabic medical knowledge, as well as some Indian medical practices.