Saffarid dynasty
dynasty
The Saffarids or the Saffarid dynasty (Persian: سلسله صفاریان) was a Persian Sunni Islamic empire.[1][2] They ruled in Sistan from 861–1002. Sistan was a historical region in southeastern Iran, southwestern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan.[3] Their capital was Zaranj, located in present-day Afghanistan.
Saffarid Dynasty سلسله صفاریان | |||||||||
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| 861–1002 | |||||||||
 Saffarid Emirate at its Greatest Extent | |||||||||
| Capital | Zaranj | ||||||||
| Common languages | Persian | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Emir | |||||||||
• 867–879 | Ya'qub bin Laith as-Saffar | ||||||||
• 963–1002 | Khalaf I | ||||||||
| Historical era | Medieval | ||||||||
• Established | 861 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1002 | ||||||||
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ReferencesEdit
- ↑ The Cambridge History of Iran, by Richard Nelson Frye, William Bayne Fisher, John Andrew Boyle (Cambridge University Press, 1975: ISBN 0-521-20093-8), pg. 121.
- ↑ The Encyclopedia of World History, ed. Peter N. Stearns and William Leonard Langer (Houghton Mifflin, 2001), 115.
- ↑ Nancy Hatch Dupree, An Historical Guide To Afghanistan - "Sites in Perspective" (Chapter 3) Link
