Saffarid dynasty

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
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The Saffarids or the Saffarid dynasty (Template:سلسله صفاریان) was a Eastern Iranian Pashtun Sunni Islamic empire [1] They ruled in Sistan from 861–1002. Sistan was a historical region in southeastern Iran, southwestern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan.[2] Their capital was Zaranj, located in present-day Afghanistan.

  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

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