Saffarid dynasty

Iranian dynasty ruling Sistan, Khorasan and Central Iran (861–1003)

The Saffarids or the Saffarid dynasty (Template:سلسله صفاریان) was one of the first Post - Islamic -Afghan - led Empires [1] The Saffarid dynasty was born in Zaranj, Today's Afghanistan. They ruled in Sistan from 861–1002. Sistan was a historical region in southeastern Iran, southwestern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan.[2] The Saffarid empire was led by an Afghan called Yaqub ibn layth saffar who has worked as a coppersmith (Arabic: ṣaffār, hence the dynasty's name).

Saffarid Dynasty
سلسله صفاریان
861–1002
Saffarid Emirate at its Greatest Extent
Saffarid Emirate at its Greatest Extent
CapitalZaranj
Common languagesPersian languages
GovernmentMonarchy
Emir 
• 867–879
Ya'qub bin Laith as-Saffar
• 963–1002
Khalaf I
Historical eraMedieval
• Established
861
• Disestablished
1002
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Tahirid dynasty
Samanid dynasty

Using his ties and relations to the various Afghan Tribes, he became a warlord and formed a disciplined army of volunteers and mercenaries.

He Captured Sistan and expanded rapidly, taking Khorasan, Kerman, Fars, Sindh, Makran, and parts of Baluchistan.

The Saffarid Set the stage for later Afghan and Persian dynasties like:

Ghaznavids (Afghanistan - based empire)

Samanids ( Uzbekistan - based empire

Buyids ( Iran - Iraq - based empire

References

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  1. The Encyclopedia of World History, ed. Peter N. Stearns and William Leonard Langer (Houghton Mifflin, 2001), 115.
  2. Nancy Hatch Dupree, An Historical Guide To Afghanistan - "Sites in Perspective" (Chapter 3) Link