 Samana was named after the wife of 8th Shia Imam Ali al-Ridha, by their five sons (namely imam Mash'had Ali) who moved from Mashhad to the present day Samana because of political tensions with the then Abbasid Caliphate Al-Ma'mun after Al-Ma'mun poisoned and killed their father Imam Ali al-Ridha.After they get settled in the area, they named the place after their mother; Later, Mash'had Ali died there and his shrine is also located there and many Shia Muslims go there to participate in the annual Symposium held in the premises of the Shrine.Later the history is traced to the days of Raja Jaipal who ruled over, among others, the territories of Bhatinda and Samana.